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Re:English is a pictographic language with 26 radicals by andyferris on Monday August 21, 2023 @05:58AM (#37207351)
Now GB has left the EU, maybe Europe should create an “international written English”?

It’s kinda a joke, but would be kinda cool. They’d only have to negotiate with Ireland, so hopefully wouldn’t get too bogged down.

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Re:English is a pictographic language with 26 radicals by rahen on Monday August 21, 2023 @06:04AM (#37207394)
Have a look at Interlingua, it would make a great official language for the EU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua

Same article written in Interlingua: https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua

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Re:English is a pictographic language with 26 radicals by raverbashing on Monday August 21, 2023 @06:08AM (#37207427)
Way better than Esperanto at first glance
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Re:English is a pictographic language with 26 radicals by rahen on Monday August 21, 2023 @06:31PM (#37216219)
And English and French...

It's essentially a modern, cleaned-up Latin that any European can pick up quickly.

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Re:English is a pictographic language with 26 radicals by bonoboTP on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @05:38PM (#37228866)
> any European

*cries in Hungarian*

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Re:English is a pictographic language with 26 radicals by bonoboTP on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:11AM (#37222212)
You might like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English

Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_English

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