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Question: Should German count as only one language?
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« on: December 15, 2011, 09:59:08 PM »
Is Charleroi really that far from Brussels? It's the same distance as Baltimore Airport is from Washington.
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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2011, 07:52:15 PM »
Linguistic imperialism is a common thing, of course, and it takes many forms. I can't say more than a couple words in my ancestral language, although my dad speaks it fluently.
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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2011, 09:38:44 PM »
Quote from: memphis on December 21, 2011, 09:37:46 PM
Quote from: Χahar on December 21, 2011, 07:52:15 PM
Linguistic imperialism is a common thing, of course, and it takes many forms. I can't say more than a couple words in my ancestral language, although my dad speaks it fluently.

I'm gonna go out on a limb as say it's because you grew up in the United States and he didn't...

I don't think even my cousins in Dhaka speak Sylheti.
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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2012, 08:54:33 PM »
Of course, English is the lingua franca.
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