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[-] chellewalker@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

Why does it go by French names rather than Latin or even Italian?

[-] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 52 points 1 week ago

Because french was historically the language of diplomacy back when the rules were made. This is also mentioned in the article.

[-] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 15 points 1 week ago

Pah! Who has time to read articles? Where's my AI summary? /s

[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And you're the dumb cousin? Damn guess that explains the empire...

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Because it’s the lingua franca of the world.

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