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Re:Is Germany once again the sick man of Europe? by Dalewyn on Friday August 18, 2023 @05:44AM (#37173330)
You've more or less described how and why English became the lingua franca of the modern era. English can be used for basic communication satisfactorily with only a passing understanding of the language.
Re:Is Germany once again the sick man of Europe? by wageslave99 on Friday August 18, 2023 @07:45AM (#37174361)
English has many issues (non-phonetic, auxiliar verbs, big lexicon, etc.) I was aiming for a kind of artificial language with a natural language foundations.