How do we make German the lingua franca? I'm tired of being irrelevant.
>>199229843You are not irrelevant, every western eurpean knows germany is the heart of europe
>>199229843learn English instead and abandon the irrelevant language
>>199229879We are irrelevant and I'm tired of it.
>>199229843Start making cute cartoons with cute girls
>>199229889>learn English insteadEasier said than done. Where to start?
>>199229916Start with the Greeks
>>199229941It's too early for anal.
>>199229889>>199229916European ESL's be like: oh dear my English is quite indeed horrendous...
>>199229999Call me a nazi, a retard, a faggot as much as you want.But NEVER call me an ESL, there are lines you just don't cross.
>>199230070Yes sir...
>>199230124Are you even AWARE you crossed a line or do you just not care, anon?
>>199230175I mean... did you not learn... English after german?
>>199230226Way to rub it in, anon.
>>199229843Fourth reich
>>199229843Win the war next time
>>199229843Stop calling the concept "lingua franca".
>>199230244Wow anon, amazing skills there using the light blue pencil, next time you should try using PRUSSIAN blue, it would look better imo
>>199229843Bro my language has *checks stats* TWELVE THOUSAND speakers.You are not irrelevant, Mr. 200M
>>199229889Just like you abandoned Belarusian for Russian?
>>199230691yeah except Russian turned out to be even more irrelevant than Belarusian, which at least could be interesting to European philologists and we could speak it for eurogibs.So yeah, we've got to substitute Russian by English and see what we get.
>>199229843you can'tshit is too hard to learn
>>199229843By winning a world war
>>199229843>How do we make German the lingua franca? last time germans tried that they got bombed
>>1992314822rapey4me
>>199229843I thought about this today and came to the conclusion that it's a good thing to not be the lingua franca. There should be more mothertongue Germans but not more GSLs (analogously to ESL)
>>199229843Digga we are forced to learn German for a year in Aussie highschool
>>199231871why..? french, spanish, or chinese would make more sense
>>199231905Because the 18 years old Lisas spend all their parents' money for a year in Australia after school. They make big money from us
>>199230783you can always learn Chinese
>>199229843Build out the areas which already encourage peeps to learn it: Good music (good media in general), good economy open to skilled workers, good diplomatic ties, good science etc.The first point is probably the most important though.
>>199229843Start by making it simpler
>>199234178That didn't work for Spanish
>lingua franca>it's actually lingua anglicaWho comes up with this nonsense?
>>199234277Imagine how irrelevant this must make frogs feel
>>199234277>>199234325It's the other way aroundimagine everyone speaking english while it's referred to as lingua franca
>>199230324Lingua franca means language of the franks and that includes Germans such as Karl der Große
aber ich kann schon deutsch thoughgung
>>199234325>>199234439It's like usurping a prestigious title. Like the Germans have with the title of the Emperor of the Romans. It elevated the Germans without harming the legacy of the Romans.Same with lingua franca, although originally French it has been superseded by English and the title usurped now instead of literally meaning "the language of the Franks" now it means "the universal language"
>>199229916Bretonic, celtic and a bit of latin
>>199234484Franks were Belgian.Checkmate, Hans.>>199234591Wrong; English language simply can't exist without its French-Latin influences, so the language of the franks still applies.They have been playing us like a fiddle since the very beginning.
>>199229843Start making anime
>>199229889>>199229916>>199230783Kys stop killing culture
>>199229843Should've won the war desu, too late now
>>199234949>german cultureEating shit and dressing up like dogs?No thank you
>>199234949>tf>tp
>>199234868If English is french then why do they pretend not to speak it
>>199235095if english is french why do we suck at learning it?
>>199235400Americans suck at learning any language though
>>199235039Not talking to you cultureless new worlder
>>199235400English is the only language anyone needs to speak
>>199234178Never.
>>199234868It can, just like a human can exist with half of their brain missing. All the French influence could be replaced with Old English equivalents making the language a proper Germanic langu- I mean tongue.
>>199234484>Karl der GroßeStop calling him like that.
>>199235600But enough about americans
>>199235994No.
>>199229843>>199229894Start having more kids so there's enough Germans in the world to make the language relevant
>>199229843annex poland and France
>>199229843 annex foland and Prance
>>199230070True, you're ETL, aren't you? Austro-Bavaria, Low German, and then English.
>>199229843You would need to simplify the german grammar. Make it as simple as english. No cases, no gender bullshit.
>>199238045How 'bout no?
