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> if that was actually successful

It was successful. That language is English, the obvious choice agreed upon by everyone who isn't interested in playing idiotic political games.



Yeah for you yes, for others it's synonym with colonialism, and armed invasion.


Not sure who's "you", considering I'm not a native speaker. But that's besides the point, conflating the English language with the foreign policy of the United States is exactly the kind of idiotic political game I was talking about.


And for me the word "chair" is synonymous with "Mountain Dew", but fortunately it doesn't matter for the rest of the world. A language has nothing to do with some of its speakers.


Not an issue in Europe.




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