Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet

Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin... by ricankng787 on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:37PM (#17629143)

I'd argue almost no one is having their language and culture taken from them (that was certainly the case in other times in history, but I find it difficult to find one today). There's nothing stopping you from learning another language, or using another language 50-70% of the time.

This is a completely transactional phenomenon. You want to communicate with more people, and be understood in almost any part of the world, and possibly make more money doing just about any job? Speak English.

Also, I notice the web page to your project is written in English, I imagine it was done for mass appeal right? That's kind of the point.

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Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin... by xvector on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:53PM (#17629302)

Not OP, but from the web page:

> If Citrine respects all languages, why is this website in English?

> As a developer, entrepeneur or scientist, you need to be able to read English texts. Citrine does not try to change that. However writing complex programs in a foreign language is a different story. The Citrine project aims to reduce the number of mistakes in software by allowing everyone the language they know best. The manuals will still be mainly in English although translations in other languages may appear in the future or maybe summaries. The Citrine project also encourages ambassadors to host language specific implementations of Citrine along with translated manuals.

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