General@lemmygrad.mlM to Thoughts on ...?@lemmygrad.ml · 9 months agoThoughts on the status of English as the current international language?lemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
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minus-squarelorty@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 months agoIf wasn’t a tool of imperialist oppression and was more open to incorporating foreign words, it might actually be fine. But I’m no linguist, so perhaps there’s a better option for a universal second language.
minus-squaresooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-29 months ago If wasn’t a tool of imperialist oppression and was more open to incorporating foreign words The more Global Southerners speak this, the less this becomes true Everyone must learn English (as a second language) BILLIONS OF TAXA WILL BE RENAMED
If wasn’t a tool of imperialist oppression and was more open to incorporating foreign words, it might actually be fine. But I’m no linguist, so perhaps there’s a better option for a universal second language.
The more Global Southerners speak this, the less this becomes true
Everyone must learn English (as a second language)
BILLIONS OF TAXA WILL BE RENAMED