ninjaaron_0:WI'm wondering if the EU is interested in cultivating a group of adoptive Akkadian speakers, the longest lived lingua franca EVER! (2,500 BCE to 500 BCE)

Kīna, ammīnim lā?

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ceigered:
I wonder what would happen if English split up, what happens to the adoptive language strategy then for English speakers.... "My native language is ____ and I speak English, American, Australian, and a spot of New Zealander".

"Ach so, schon oder?" I see, do you?

Bedaŭrinde mi ne tute komprenas la Germanan - I should probably resume trying to learn that now that I understand all that nonsense about subordinate phrases
EDIT: removed an idism

ceigered:

qwertz:

ceigered:
I wonder what would happen if English split up, what happens to the adoptive language strategy then for English speakers.... "My native language is ____ and I speak English, American, Australian, and a spot of New Zealander".

"Ach so, schon oder?" I see, do you?

Bedaŭrinde mi ne tute komprenas la Germanan - I should probably resume trying to learn that now that I understand all that nonsense about subordinate phrases
EDIT: removed an idism

Sorry. "Ach so, schon oder?" should be "I see; this is right, isn't it?" Even me didn't understand that phrase "..., schon oder?" I heard the first time. I heard it first in South Tyrol (North Italy) and Bavaria (South-West Germany). I believe that "Schon oder?" meets excactly the english "isn't it?". But that rapid "Schon oder?" is only used as an stand alone answer (not like in English) and shows some disinterest to somebody telling you boring stories. Like I do at the moment. Furthermore somebody can use it to anger somebody, too.

Maybe this joke belongs here. How do we know when royals or aristocrats have both German blood and Americanophilia? When they like saying "Okay, ja!"

qwertz:

Sorry. "Ach so, schon oder?" should be "I see; this is right, isn't it?" Even me didn't understand that phrase "..., schon oder?" I heard the first time. I heard it first in South Tyrol (North Italy) and Bavaria (South-West Germany). I believe that "Schon oder?" meets excactly the english "isn't it?". But that rapid "Schon oder?" is only used as an stand alone answer (not like in English) and shows some disinterest to somebody telling you boring stories. Like I do at the moment. Furthermore somebody can use it to anger somebody, too.

Oh, now I understand! Haha! But yes, it would be a very boring list of all the English dialects...