Official language of EU (is not Polish)

Everything I can possibly think of is wrong with that word, BB.
Actually - it should be listed in a dictionary as a synonyme of "wrong" ;)

Buuut....at least we have the famous Mark Twain making fun of our language...what have you got??? Ha!

crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html

Good pint, Dariusz? I wish I could have one :)

English is the preferred language as it is the most widely taught.

Do you speak scots/gaelic Seanie?

What do you think about having to use english instead to your own, native language?

Hey - we don't need Mark Twain to have fun! All we need is to watch a Polish NT
game or highlights on an English language channel and listen to the commentary.

I will never forget the game Poland-England in 1991 in the Euro '92 qualifiers.
We took the lead after a goal by Roman Szewczyk in the first half of the game
(I found a video with Polish commentary only)...

...

...after the game I watched highlights on Eurosport: English commentator trying to pronounce
"Szewczyk" - absolutely PRICELESS.

Now I'm warming to the idea to make polish the lingua franca of Europe...that would show them!

Hey SS aka Amaythist alson known as Miss F,

are you just going to say your piece and do a runner when faced with a decent argumnet as usual. Convex has raised some decent points and i for one want an answer out of you, atleast on some of the issues. Or have you realised as usual that youve got it all wrong. WTF

Torq wrote:


it's comments like this that allow me to sleep at night not feeling like i have a learning disability :)......(although there a select few out there that won't agree with your comment, Torq)

Wroclawboy wrote:


i could use a representative like this.

Obviously Esperanto is the long-term solution. The World indeed does need a common auxiliary language.

Why use an artificial language instead of a real one? English is widespread and quite
easy to learn on a communicative level - it's a logical choice.

German is much easier...I learned it as a baby already! pffffft

I don't know about that, but even if it is then it's not as widespread as English.


Oh, yeah? Say "der Oberammergauklostersgebaudepassionsspieldelikatesfruhstuckskase"
10 times quickly! (sorry for not using German diacritic signs - couldn't be arsed switching
my keyboard).

Of course it is, more people are native german speakers than english speakers in Europe.
English became the language of the day because of the aftermath of WWII, the ascendence of the US to the sole super power and the cold war...but things are changing, the US is changing and Europe is changing!


At least we have the vowels for that monster! ;)

Yes, but way more people have at least basic command of the English language
than German. Anyway - it's free competition with languages. Nobody is forcing
people in Europe to learn English instead of German, they choose themselves.

If one day people decide that it's more beneficial for them to learn German than
English then they surely will learn it. Some sort of a government program like
"Pass the Zertifikat Deutsch test - get your brand new Mercedes C-klasse" might
help the cause of spreading German in Europe ;)

Well, lot's of USians start learning spanish already...but I agree a lingua franca comes more naturally and shouldn't/can't be forced. So all this talk about it is dumb....I for sure can't see a scenario where a language only spoken in the EU by GB and Ireland is forced upon millions of native german speakers, sorry.

A reason to leave the EU!

Former Chancellor Kohl wanted to make German the EU's official language, but it lost.
There are legitimate arguments for or against, I suppose. English won by default, of course. After all, it IS the international language of (mis-)communication, if not exactly, mutual understanding!!!! LOL

I would like it to be Polish

Ummm...these are the official languages of the EU:


And these are the working languages of the EU:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union


German is both...(we pay the whole bruhaha so it's only logical).

Looks like the working language is mostly English. English is everywhere.

That will change soon...*sinister laugh*

This map still has DDR as a separate country LOL (even if you could make a case it's logical to put it that way)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deutsch-Fran%C3%A7ais.png

It will be Spanish, eventually, just like everywhere else ;)

Nope...


There is a big fat "90" in the old borders....re-unification and accession overlapped abit.

aren't all official languages of EU member states also official of EU?

Yes, but it's a new territory of BRD, not a new member country.

...well...that too...


But it was a non-member still the night before...and then it made "puff" and was gone! :)


Not in Europe! ;)

BTW I wonder why Sardinia is black on that map :)

*squints at map*

Isn't it rather a dark blue? Meaning they are perfect in french? Hmmm....who would have thought it....no, wait...that is some french island!

I meant Corsica LOL. It's been ages since my last geography class.