I recently heard the same story at school...didn't find anything about it on the internet so far, thoughBut still ... i learned in school that there was some time ago a voting of what language should become the world language and German was 2nd after English with 1 vote more for english ... so if that one guy whould have voted for german most ppl on the world would speak german and not english ... how can you forget a language that barely beat english
It's not that badI speak english, but the way things are going round here I'm going to have to learn some Polish before it takes over completely
How can someone forget about German ... i thaught we did enough things in the past to be remembered everywhere and all the time XD
nah just a joke.
An urban legend, sometimes called the Mühlenberg legend after Frederick Muhlenberg, states that English only narrowly defeated German as the U.S. official language. In reality, the proposal being referenced was only to have government documents translated into German as a secondary language. The United States has no statutory official language; English has been used as a de facto basis, owing to its status as the country's predominant language.But still ... i learned in school that there was some time ago a voting of what language should become the world language and German was 2nd after English with 1 vote more for english ... so if that one guy whould have voted for german most ppl on the world would speak german and not english ... how can you forget a language that barely beat english
I recently heard the same story at school...didn't find anything about it on the internet so far, though
We're not going to the same school, are we?
Well, according to Wikipedia, it's just a legend...
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The language of statutes and paperwork could change if English were no longer the majority language. However, it would be difficult to ensure accuracy when making authoritative translations of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
My teacher used to say the exact same thing about Dutch...curious.But still ... i learned in school that there was some time ago a voting of what language should become the world language and German was 2nd after English with 1 vote more for english ... so if that one guy whould have voted for german most ppl on the world would speak german and not english ... how can you forget a language that barely beat english
I recently heard the same story at school...didn't find anything about it on the internet so far, though
We're not going to the same school, are we?
Well, according to Wikipedia, it's just a legend...
QUOTEAn urban legend, sometimes called the Mühlenberg legend after Frederick Muhlenberg, states that English only narrowly defeated German as the U.S. official language. In reality, the proposal being referenced was only to have government documents translated into German as a secondary language. The United States has no statutory official language; English has been used as a de facto basis, owing to its status as the country's predominant language.
The language of statutes and paperwork could change if English were no longer the majority language. However, it would be difficult to ensure accuracy when making authoritative translations of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
I've never been to Southampton though so I don't know how bad it is, but here it's not really a problem.