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If you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Could be! Like "under the laws of Saudi Arabia..." in the legal advice community.

[–] piwakawakas@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I assume people asking legal advice but not specifying where they are?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yup. Jurisdiction is very important, but a lot of people seem to have never considered it.

And if you're not aware, Saudi is still a medieval-style absolute monarchy with public beheadings for, like, adultery. ^(And^ ^a^ ^valued^ ^Western^ ^ally)^

[–] piwakawakas@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

I knew things were grim, but that's worse than I thought!