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The UK has been declining for at least 50 years, it isn't a new phenomenon. It's only really relevant culturally; after all EU countries are forced to speak Eng
by drnick1 7mo ago
The UK has been declining for at least 50 years, it isn't a new phenomenon. It's only really relevant culturally; after all EU countries are forced to speak English or they wouldn't be able to communicate, even after the UK's departure from the Union and some unsuccessful attempts at increasing the place of French.
- consp 7mo agoWhile it's the defacto public language (and the one of the required languages). These days all EU communication is done though either the translation service or governmental variants of it making it pretty much irrelevant due to most official languages being served (there seem to be some exceptions but they are minor in the grand scheme of things).
- jacquesm 7mo agoNot having the UK in the EU makes English a better choice, not a worse one. It was one of those things where the UK had a 'home court advantage'. This is one of the strangest fringe benefits and of course there were some countries that tried to jockey for position but fortunately that didn't go anywhere.
- swiftcoder 7mo agoAnd hey, now that the UK exited stage right, Ireland gets to be the de-facto owner of the English language in the EU :D
- jacquesm 7mo agoThe benefits keep stacking up! Joking aside, that was one of the worst own goals in history.