Actually Lingua Franca was a pidgin developed by slavers and pirates to communicate.
English is not a pidgin, as it is the end result of a creolisation between Anglo-Saxon and Norman French. On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, 16:45 Craig Newman via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > “... the bulk of Europe used French as the common language.” > > That is where the term “Lingua Franca” came from. Before that in Europe, > which was the center of the universe, learned people used Latin. Just ask > Newton or any cleric. > > English took over when the world got smaller. The US was the "bomb" in > 1945, (can’t wait to see how that comes back) and ten years later consumed > nearly a third of the planets energy. That plus Rock and Roll made English > the only language that made sense. > > Still does. > > Craig > > > On Nov 20, 2023, at 4:29 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > the bulk of Europe used French as the common language. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
