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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by makingstuffs on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:10AM (#35420152)
The weirdest thing about this sensationalist proposal is that English was born out of Latin and there are a number of English words which are a letter removed from their Italian counterpart.

The example in the article (bru-shetta/bru-sketta) highlights the absurd pedantic nature of this proposal.

I truly weep for the world which we seem to have created.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by TRiG_Ireland on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:42AM (#35421837)
English has some heavy Romance influences, but was certainly not "born out of Latin". English is a Germanic language at its core.
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