raising the question in French

Submitted by myth (Germany), Feb 4, 2014 at 15:00

French wins in terms of clear language. In France one would ask "où se trouve la capitale d'Israel ?" Which translates into "Where does the Israeli capital find itself ?" French language highlights the objective nature of both question and answer.

The scenario is this: imagine the abstraction Israeli capital could actually speak and one could ask it a question: Israeli capital, where are you? What would the capital reply?

Not what would The Guardian reply, not what would the NYT reply, nor anyone anything else.

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