You're not the kind of person who leaves the future to chance. You know what you want and are willing to work hard to get it. read more
Modern languages are frozen - if you allow the perspective of the trained Medievalist. (1) The first freeze came in Europe with increasing prominence of written communication around 1400. read more
It was the language of diplomacy and arts. Aristocrats in Imperial Russia spoke French, even amongst themselves, as Tolstoy and many others documented. In short, if you wanted to be educated, you had to speak French. read more