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> the EU should adopt English as the main language No and no, you’ll get an exit from the EU before you can convince people there that the language spoke at ho
by thatfrenchguy 8y ago
> the EU should adopt English as the main language
No and no, you’ll get an exit from the EU before you can convince people there that the language spoke at home by only 5m EU citizens after Brexit should be an official language.
- pbalau 8y agoBut that's exactly the point, if no surviving population gets to speak it's native language as the default, it means nobody gets an advantage simply because they grew up with that language
- andai 8y agoI was thinking the same thing, if English wasn't spoken natively by any EU country, it would be an even better choice. Subtract the rivalry, and keep the utility.