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Technically, this sounds like a good answer, but that's an island in 'inland waters'. I was thinking more of an offshore, distant island shared by two distant nations. That would be (to my knowledge) Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, in the eastern Caribbean. The SE half is part of the Netherlands, and the NW is part of France. The border is clearly marked on two points along the 'coast road', and there is a decorative monument at the western one. License plates in the Dutch part resemble ours in the US, while the French plates are the standard long European style. The whole place is probably 7 or 8 miles in diameter (?)
I'll give you an "A" though for being first, and I should have been more specific.
The French side of the island is way more laid back. I remember so well that Conch dinner , outdoors,listen to the tree frogs....
Quite true , . The islands tell a story that reflects that. Most of the British ones lack that laid back charm. I have been to all of them a time or two , those years before the mast..........the ports most popular , for me , were always French.
I am an independent counry, with a population of more than a million.
English has been my only official language, for more than a century.
Most of my inhabitants are descended from a country in which English is an official language.
Few of my inhabitants speak English. They almost all speak a different European language, which is used by nearly all the broadcast and print media.
I am an independent counry, with a population of more than a million.
English has been my only official language, for more than a century.
Most of my inhabitants are descended from a country in which English is an official language.
Few of my inhabitants speak English. They almost all speak a different European language, which is used by nearly all the broadcast and print media.
I was going to guess Belize (the former British Honduras)...but hesitating because I'm not sure where most of the inhabitants place their descent. (The other European language spoken there would be Spanish, right?)
I am an independent counry, with a population of more than a million.
English has been my only official language, for more than a century.
Most of my inhabitants are descended from a country in which English is an official language.
Few of my inhabitants speak English. They almost all speak a different European language, which is used by nearly all the broadcast and print media.
This had BETTER be good! A place where English is the ONLY official language....where FEW people speak English? Yet MOST of them descend from a place that had it as an official language?....This one has me stumped. Off the top of my head, my first thought was Trinidad? Fiji? Jamaica?....but obviously NONE of these places fit your description. Are you SURE? I'm burning with curiosity.
I am an independent counry, with a population of more than a million.
English has been my only official language, for more than a century.
Most of my inhabitants are descended from a country in which English is an official language.
Few of my inhabitants speak English. They almost all speak a different European language, which is used by nearly all the broadcast and print media.
Philippines would my guess. was once a US territory.
No, no right answers so far. I expected everybody to speak English, and when I arrived there , I said WTF? NObody spoke English. It is an island, though.
I'm going to be away for a couple of days, so I'll give the answer.
Mauritius, was a French colonty before it was British, so French got established as the common language, and it still is, despite the fact that a majorty of the population came from India, where English is also an official language.
I'm going to be away for a couple of days, so I'll give the answer.
Mauritius, was a French colonty before it was British, so French got established as the common language, and it still is, despite the fact that a majorty of the population came from India, where English is also an official language.
GOOD one!...The "Indians" were a clue, as it DOES have an enormous number of English-speakers. But the population of 1 million threw me off.....NOR did I realize Mauritius was ever British.
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A place where English is the ONLY official language....where FEW people speak English? Yet MOST of them descend from a place that had it as an official language?....This one has me stumped. Off the top of my head, my first thought was Trinidad? Fiji? Jamaica?....but obviously NONE of these places fit your description. Are you SURE? I'm burning with curiosity.
