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[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 21 points 2 months ago

What language were they speaking in England before they stole one from USA?

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago

Before or after the French took over in 1066?

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 5 points 2 months ago

England? Well there was Cornish and Manx. Cornish went extinct in the 18th century but the last monoglot speaker died in the 17th century.

I am not counting Welsh since that is in Wales... And Scots Gaelic is in Scotland, its own country.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

The Scots and Irish keep Gaelic alive just to piss off the British.

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Well that, but also it's a really fucking cool language

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Except the orthography, which works but is still conceptually insane.

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