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English unite. Finally, after failed attempts with Esperanto and others, lots of educated people understand this single common language. Life is much easier. I
by neop1x 7y ago
English unite. Finally, after failed attempts with Esperanto and others, lots of educated people understand this single common language. Life is much easier. I am Czech and there are so little info in Czech on any technical subject so I rather search info straight in English. What I hate about Europe are these language barriers. There are so many countries with different languages, it is annoying that one is expected to talk differently after driving just 100 km. German, Polish, Slovak, Italian, Spanish, ...argh. This single language is a big advantage of USA! They will understand you in Miami, as they will in North Dakota or California. Very cool!
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- doomjunky 7y agoI totally agree. Let me say this. Europe has had at least three chances for a united language. 1) Latin when Caesar conquered europe. Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, adopted that language but later diverged, 2) frensh when Napoleon conquered europe and 3) german when Hitler conquered europe. I hope the EU will implement english a an official language even if the only english country (UK) will leave.
- reirob 7y agoI agree with you. But I would phrase it differently: "A common language unites". We should not forget that at different times in different areas we had and to some extent still have different common languages (Greek, Latin, French, Arabic, Spanish). It seems that humans have such a strong desire to communicate across borders (cultural, inherited, political, etc.) that they will invent the necessary tools. English language is such a tool now. I wouldn't be surprised if in future it will be some other language. In the end, there will maybe one such common language accepted by all.