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Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

Ok,here is an idea.Lets kick UK,Ireland and Malta (I don't think they all european anyway) out of EU and then declare English an official language of EU.

Hmmm....taking the only english native speakers out of the EU would so not help making english the lingua franca of the EU me thinks! *shakes head*

PS: I don`t want speak German. In Poland only few people speak this language, and recognition this language as only official in EU, would coused riots.

Nah....500.000 german speakers in Poland

and 2.4 mill people studying it

You would learn it too! ;)
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

But again, with this logic of present EU, EU can not unite..

The only need of a lone lingua franca in the EU would be if the EU devolops slowly, over a few generations, into a United States of Europe, needing a common language as a unifier as the US once did...but I can't see the USE adopting english the moment the USA decides to do away with english and adopting spanish as their main language!

:)

Good night!
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

If World is united, Chinese will be official language.

It's similiar difficult to Europeans as Arabic so I doubt it but I admire already every dedicated business entrepreneur who takes on this task!
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

I've said it already - over 50% of EU people are learning english. That three times more than any other language.

And I explained already, that is a relict of WWII and the cold war...but in the EU especially after Germany's reunification things have changed...and are still changing...keep up with the politics! ;)

Spanish is on the up in the US, the main country responsible with english having such an influence, the EU, "old Europe" now more eurocentric and independent, other big rivals of markets and language are rising (like China)....watch this space! ;)
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

the ones that are going to matter are english, chinese and spanish.

I only agree with chinese but still we are here talking about the EU, don't we?

Maybe in the near future the US will talk mainly spanish, who knows...lingua francas are changing and then nobody in Europe will ever talk about english being the #1 in Europe either...because not many Europeans are native english speakers actually!

As it is it's quite okay...;)
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

it would be a big mistake to ignore the rest of the world.

Why ignoring?

German was once the lingua franca of Europe...

The world wasn't ignored then either! :)
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

That's one thing that always amased me: in my searches for techincal documentation, app notes etc., I find more hits in Polish than in German!

Listen...you can do with english what you want but the topic was to make English the sole lingua franca of the EU and that's not going to happen, period! :)
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

It is spoken around the world.

Are we talking EU or not? ;)

I doubt the 1 Billion chinese hurt their heads with thinking they should now all learn english...
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

To mediate between the English and the Germans, let's look into the future of EU's main language. Babylon tells me that this is how "god save the Queen" would look: الله تنقذ ملكة

Now that would be a pain to learn...english and german are at least related languages! :(
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

Do you have problems with understanding text BB?

Why english at all? It's only the native language in GB and Ireland...;)

Anyhow...it's quite okay as it is...
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

Since when f stop? Exactly since the end of WWII...before that german was the language of the science and electronics etc....no reason that it couldn't be so again! Nothing is build in stone..especially not languages!

Who knows, maybe in some decades you will need to learn chinese?
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

That might be the native speakers, but by great margin
everybody else choosing to learn English, not German.

Again, nothing we couldn't change very quickly if the EU would concentrate on German instead of other languages. ;)

You could also learn Slovak for that matter if native numbers don't count at all...

And in most cases, it has nothing to do with UK.

Exactly!
But here it is an EU-matter...and here Germany and german matters more and should be treated as such. You don't want to really open that can of worms! :)

Be glad we allow english such an influence as it is! This USian anglization is a relict from the aftermath of WWII and the cold war...be glad if you are an english native speaker.

Don't scratch at it! You won't like it if Germans get ideas ;)

I personally would prefer of course german as EU main language with english and french seconds but I'm also okay with all 3 used officially...but I for sure don't see a reason to make english the one and only language...I believe Germany will stall and demand then in turn more rights for german, it would come nothing good out of it for english speakers...;)
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

Let me ask you, and I really don't know the answer, but all the most common programming languages, are they translated from english to other languages? A simple example, can you code C++ in german?

We could do it, why not? ;)

But it's more about the future of the EU and disregarding the most populous member, the economical engine, the paymaster AND the language most widely spoken in the EU is not exactly fair, don't you think so too?

So better be comfy with 3 official languages or that idea of yours (or grubas' for that matter) might backlash! I'm quite serious here...
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

much more significant statistic is what are people in EU nations learning most as a second language, and English leaves all the others in the dust -> 38%.

Nothing we couldn't change if the EU adopts german as official language...what would be much more fair than british, after all Germany is the power house in the EU not GB and german is the most native spoken language of the EUians! ;)

This anglization is eh only thanks to the after war super power status of the US (also not GB).
Nothing european about it!
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

Okay...after the wiki link german is spoken in:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union

Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, France, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary

whereas english is spoken in:

United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta

hmmm....

And for good measures the number three of the official EU languages, French, is spoken in:

France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy

Now why should english become the one and only lingua franca in the EU again?
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

From what I see French would be more likely or Greek! German isnt listed as a "primary" lanaguge"

Ahem!

/wiki/German_language

German (Deutsch, de-Deutsch.ogg [ˈdɔʏtʃ] (help·info)) is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch.
It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Globally, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by about 80 million non-native speakers. Standard German is widely taught in schools, universities and Goethe Institutes worldwide.

/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union
Bratwurst Boy   
5 Apr 2010
History / Actually, there never was any Polish-German hatred [149]

Well, what Nomaderol probably means is the century-old strategy of GB to not let one possible rival from the continent become to big and make alliances accordingly...just remember WWI which spawned a Hitler which spawned WWII.

After all GB declared only war on Germany as it invaded Poland, not Russia too...Russia wasn't seen so much as a rival to GB's interests on the continent as Germany was.
Bratwurst Boy   
4 Apr 2010
History / Actually, there never was any Polish-German hatred [149]

Maybe he wanted to strengthen the waning influence of the Catholic Church in Germany? Well, that one didn't work out well....

Manno, now we are off topic grande!
Bratwurst Boy   
4 Apr 2010
History / Actually, there never was any Polish-German hatred [149]

I too think Kysia meant the centuries where Germans and Poles mingled without much war or any hate...the partitions and later WWII overshadows that all right now.