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minus-squaredeadbeef79000linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoI was hoping someone would correct me! I knew that translating Franca as French was anachronistic but didn’t know where to start. I’d forgotten about the Franks. English is the European Language There’s a Brexit joke in there somewhere.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months ago There’s a Brexit joke in there somewhere. Definitely, but I think the Brexiteers get a last laugh because AFAIK EU business is still done in English.
I was hoping someone would correct me!
I knew that translating Franca as French was anachronistic but didn’t know where to start.
I’d forgotten about the Franks.
There’s a Brexit joke in there somewhere.
Definitely, but I think the Brexiteers get a last laugh because AFAIK EU business is still done in English.
The lingua franca per se.