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Pick Italian. Beautiful language, lots of common words with most languages and I don’t think any non-EU countries use it. And if everything else fails, you star
by noncoml 4y ago
Pick Italian. Beautiful language, lots of common words with most languages and I don’t think any non-EU countries use it. And if everything else fails, you start using your hands to communicate.
Mid 40s here and wouldn’t mind at all to start learning Italian if it was the common language of EU.
- pb7 4y agoWhy pick the language of one of the weakest EU members?
- tmtvl 4y agoIt has the best operas.
- pb7 4y agoAnd Poland has the best pierogis and I like pierogis more than operas. ;-)
- madmask 4y agoNot sure why we have this bad reputation in the Anglo world, but we are the third economy in Europe, and the second manufacturing power after Germany. Huge differences between north (closer to Germany) and south (closer to Spain). Huge private wealth despite indebted government. Wouldn’t call this weak.
- Tade0 4y agoOne issue is that it relies on phrases a lot - so much so that Google Translate has a hard time figuring out the intended meaning. Also, like everything in Italy, phrases used depend on the region.