On 2020-01-07 08:27, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
6 Jan 2020, 16:35 by dieterdre...@gmail.com:
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On 6. Jan 2020, at 07:29, Maarten Deen <md...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
Baltic Sea to be the "Baltic Sea" or for South America to be "South
America" - this is an example of English imperialism.
This "imperialism" idea of yours is just your idea. It is not
something that is widely felt.
regarding imperialism, I think it’s hard to reject the reasoning
that English is in widespread use because of imperialism.
Yes, but using it for a pragmatic reasons
for an international communication is
usually not imperialism.
I am also not a fan of blaming history for the current situation and
taking the long road because you don't like that history.
It would mean that I couldn't speak dutch with my Surinam friends just
because 400 years ago the ideas of how we should conduct ourselves were
different.
That is just counterproductive.
Regards,
Maarten
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