• thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world
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    4 minutes ago

    I knew it lol I was waiting for it. I give it 6 months until the national language has been renamed to “American” through a illegal executive order

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    2 hours ago

    There is a difference.
    American is English but limited to a child’s vocabulary. The language of simpletons

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    4 hours ago

    “I only speak one language”… to a room full of mostly bilingual people who also live in (central or south) America. 🤦🤦🤦

  • 0x0@lemmy.zip
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    4 hours ago

    They should then switch to spanish as their lingua franca for that meeting (brazillians could pull if off).
    Or switch to esperanto.

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      No shit, it would be so damn funny if the whole world just switched over to Esperanto as second language, even if only to spite US and UK. Haah, one can dream the wildest things.

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    7 hours ago

    What language were they speaking in England before they stole one from USA?

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      England? Well there was Cornish and Manx. Cornish went extinct in the 18th century but the last monoglot speaker died in the 17th century.

      I am not counting Welsh since that is in Wales… And Scots Gaelic is in Scotland, its own country.

  • Vegafjord eo@lemmy.ml
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    This is a nationalistic move. To remove the washington regime away from other english speaking countries and brand itself as something larger. It makes the washington regime seem entitled to landgrabs. It makes washingtonlings feel superior to other english speakers.

    It is as stupid as nationalism is stupid, but nationalism is great for ruling people.

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    18 hours ago

    USA is special kind of stupid that this probably gets a huge cheering back home.

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        11 minutes ago

        We gotta take our licks on this one. Look what we elected. It’s like a “not all men” thing. Sure it’s not actually all of us, but it’s enough of us to be a problem.

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      USA is a special kind of stupid, but a majority still oppose war with Iran and… you know… raping children, so Hegseth isn’t too popular on the home front either.

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        a majority still oppose war with Iran and… you know… raping children

        Yeah, I see, that’s why that majority stopped a pedophile president from having the control of the country, or stopped his clique of rarely sober religious nationalists from starting said war.

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          lmao you’re living in a fantasy if you think Americans have the capability to stop the government through instant, direct action

          The only power we have is withholding our labor, and convincing people of the necessity of that when they’re brainwashed by capitalism is not an overnight or even over-4-years affair

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        It’s doesn’t worth much since the majority just keep his ass tight seat waiting for a “miracle” or a “magic savior” for their situation.

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        Sounds to me like both of you are correct: most Americans don’t like him but there are still millions of them who cheer him and his kind of populist actions and words.

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    Look, I only speek one language. That means it’s the only language that matters. Wtf.

    /sarcasm. You should have been able to tell, but reality is that bad.

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      Honestly, the way they’re speaking. I’m fine with them calling it “american”.

      It gives the rest of us a heads up that we should use small words so they can understand.

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        Honestly, the way they’re speaking. I’m fine with them calling it “american”.

        I’m not a native English speaker, but I’ve always been confused by breaking up sentences like this. My understanding is that if one sentence doesn’t make senses on its own, it shouldn’t be standalone, but rather an introductory to the other one.

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        Or use big words when we don’t want them to understand.

        Not sure if this is common knowledge among English speaking countries, but we in non English speaking countries use English when we don’t want our small kids to understand what we’re saying. 🫣

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            I think we’ll be able to tell when they do. Guess that’s a good time to start learning sign language lol.

            Joking aside, I’ve come to understand that speaking a language in front of your kids that they can’t understand isn’t really a nice thing to do. Makes them feel excluded, and isn’t really cool to do to an adult so shouldn’t be cool to do to a child either.

            Better to talk openly or just wait until you’re alone. 👍 For all the parents out there.