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English is the official language of the United Kingdom, so their argument doesn't make sense.
by RobotToaster 2y ago
English is the official language of the United Kingdom, so their argument doesn't make sense.
- ncclporterror 2y agoThe website makes further arguments: English is the official language in many other countries, therefore choosing the UK is arbitrary. You could define a complicated rule to make it less arbitrary, but then the choice of the rule itself would be arbitrary. I think the point that any mapping will be to some extent arbitrary is correct. The problem for me is arguing that because any arbitrary convention will be offending or confusing to some, then no convention should be chosen. As opposed to the practical idea of just picking a convention that makes sense.
- jimbobthrowawy 2y agoThe UK, like the US, doesn't have an official language. Though, constituent parts of it have given official standing to other languages.