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nolok 5 hours ago

The amount of things wrong is impressive

You're confusing Europe and the EU

You're forgetting about Ireland and Malta

You're thinking that because the UK left the EU it will change the main language countries use to speak to each others

drnick1 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> You're thinking that because the UK left the EU it will change the main language countries use to speak to each others

Yes, and that's precisely the irony. Europeans still need to subject themselves to Anglo "cultural imperialism" or absolutely nothing works, starting with communication across national borders.

palata 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> Europeans still need to subject themselves to Anglo "cultural imperialism" or absolutely nothing works, starting with communication across national borders.

Do you have a single clue about Europe? That's not true at all.

schubidubiduba 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The english language has ceased to be something unique to the anglocultural world a while ago. You're making this out to be much more than it is

throw__away7391 39 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And the US still uses Arabic numerals in spite of banning visas for basically every Arab country in the world.

timeon 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We actually already use Globish that has different idioms and so on. End we can express different kind of informations there.

aleph_minus_one 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> You're forgetting about Ireland and Malta

In both countries English is only one of the official languages.

nolok 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And how does that change anything to what is being said ? English is only one of the official languages of the UN or NATO or the WHO or ...

anigbrowl an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hardly anyone uses Irish in daily life or for official purposes, notwithstanding its official status. 99% of the Irish you hear outside a classroom is performative.

ben_w 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Mae hyn yn wir o fewn y DU hefyd.

:P