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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute 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

[–] Cybersheeper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago

Not beating the being stupid allegations...

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 25 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

They should only speak Spanish to him just to piss him off.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago

He only speaks War Crime.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Blan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 53 minutes ago

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.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 20 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 points 2 hours ago

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.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 hours ago

Before or after the French took over in 1066?

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 25 points 14 hours ago

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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