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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by JackFr on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:24PM (#35843423)
There was a fascinating article in the Economist many years ago about the worldwide predominance of English. (This was pre ubiquitous internet.)

The reasons given were 1) British colonialism 2) Post WWII American hegemony 3) No one cares if you speak it poorly.

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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by monetus on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:33PM (#35844048)
Ever read pidgin? Mutually intelligible, really neat.

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin

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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by ghaff on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:57PM (#35844310)
>3) No one cares if you speak it poorly

And this is maybe just a slightly more charitable rephrasing of #3 but very open to loan words and alternative ways of phrasing things.

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