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[–] cacheson@kbin.social 70 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ah yes, English, the Lingua Franca.

[–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The official language of international commerce is broken English

[–] triclops6@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago

Fun fact, this is also the language spoken in the us

[–] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If the internationally recognised langauge is broken English then I'm the king of speaking broken barely understandable English with accents that make things unledigble winner winner oh god stargazy pie is for dinner

[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

The Esperanto of languages, wait

[–] Neon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is that a /s?

But you yourself wrote it in english.

[–] cacheson@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

It's a pun, so more of a /j. I'm not sure how well it would work in French, since I'm very far from fluent.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's just a statement of fact - English is the most common Lingua Franca. The fact that the original term referred to the Frankish region, the predecessor to modern day France, makes the sign kinda ironic.