English is just a Creole Language For Dummies (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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As the title says, this popped into my head while walking to my home being showered with subzero frozen rain.

Modern english is just an creole language of 5 different european languages and made super easy to mix the conflicts between those languages. Thats why its so easy to learn for most people.

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[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

English being the lingua Franca is a wild thing

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago

English is the <"French language" in Italian> is a pretty strange statement when you think about it.

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