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Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by fwip on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:43PM (#19676166)
Might be a hard sell to convince the EU to switch to English as the English are leaving.
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Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by 99052882514569 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:51PM (#19676235)
In fact it's an easier sell, isn't it? You're not adopting a language of one of the 4 major members, you're adopting the first language of a small member on the periphery (Ireland) that happens to be a second language of so many Europeans that no other European language comes close.
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Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by ryanmarsh on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:47PM (#19676198)
Still, English is probably an easier pill to swallow than the French having to speak German.
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Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by solarkraft on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @03:16PM (#19676431)
I think the political status of England should be decoupled from english, the language. The US have adopted it (while being on hostile grounds with the UK), so why can't we?
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Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by ihaveajob on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:51PM (#19676227)
As long as the Irish stay, there's a solid case.
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Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by oh_sigh on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:46PM (#19676190)
Even without the UK, English is probably the language most commonly spoken among EU member states.
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