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Re:French set to replace English as EU’s ‘working language’ by qsort on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:27PM (#27452765)
> if that was actually successful

It was successful. That language is English, the obvious choice agreed upon by everyone who isn't interested in playing idiotic political games.

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Re:French set to replace English as EU’s ‘working language’ by gdsdfe on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:47PM (#27454320)
Yeah for you yes, for others it's synonym with colonialism, and armed invasion.
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Re:French set to replace English as EU’s ‘working language’ by qsort on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @07:13PM (#27454588)
Not sure who's "you", considering I'm not a native speaker. But that's besides the point, conflating the English language with the foreign policy of the United States is exactly the kind of idiotic political game I was talking about.
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Re:French set to replace English as EU’s ‘working language’ by hulug on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:08PM (#27455090)
And for me the word "chair" is synonymous with "Mountain Dew", but fortunately it doesn't matter for the rest of the world. A language has nothing to do with some of its speakers.
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Re:French set to replace English as EU’s ‘working language’ by anoncake on Thursday June 10, 2021 @02:05AM (#27457319)
Not an issue in Europe.
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