GeneralM to Thoughts on ...? · 6 months agoThoughts on the status of English as the current international language?imagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1imageThoughts on the status of English as the current international language?GeneralM to Thoughts on ...? · 6 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarelortylinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 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-26 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