Erdos Had The Number First

I don’t know why I found it so funny. I was reading the announcement for a conference and I clicked on a link (what I think was) the text version of the announcement and at the top of the file was a line that read:

This message is intentionally written in French.

I think part of the humor for me is that the sentence implies that other messages may have accidentally been
written in French. As though any text file on the internet may, though inattention or malice, spontaneously turn into a French language document.

Part of this, I’m sure, relates to the fact that many people do feel that English is the Lingua Franca¹ of the internet. People need to get a grip.

Yes, I do realize the irony of the statement.