OP's solution to cultural bias is to ignore it and just go with convenience. Well, you have to start somewhere. But I agree that the only thing it's likely to

OP's solution to cultural bias is to ignore it and just go with convenience. Well, you have to start somewhere. But I agree that the only thing it's likely to do is annoy the heck out of everybody. I think they said French because if they had said French or German the other bodies might have used only German just to annoy the French back.