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r/AmericaBad • u/EverySink • 2d ago
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Exactly everyone speaks English not to be American/English it’s because it’s the language of money.
219 u/blackhawk905 NORTH CAROLINA 🛩️ 🌅 2d ago It's like how French was the language of business for centuries but was superseded by English centuries ago. 137 u/vaccinateyodamkids 2d ago Is that why it's called lingua franca and not lingua anglia? Or am I just pulling shit out my ass? 2 u/thomasp3864 1d ago https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Lingua_Franca
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It's like how French was the language of business for centuries but was superseded by English centuries ago.
137 u/vaccinateyodamkids 2d ago Is that why it's called lingua franca and not lingua anglia? Or am I just pulling shit out my ass? 2 u/thomasp3864 1d ago https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Lingua_Franca
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Is that why it's called lingua franca and not lingua anglia? Or am I just pulling shit out my ass?
2 u/thomasp3864 1d ago https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Lingua_Franca
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u/UbiSwanky2 2d ago
Exactly everyone speaks English not to be American/English it’s because it’s the language of money.