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8372049
on Dec 25, 2023
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Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (...
The reason German(y) was widely unpopular after WW2 wasn't primarily because they lost.
ETA: They lost WW1 too, but German remained our #1 foreign language.
dragonwriter
on Dec 25, 2023
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OTOH, the reason those feelings were free to be expressed...
8372049
on Dec 25, 2023
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Yeah, we would all be speaking German now if they had won. But to put it another way, German remained the second language after they lost WW1.
Hunpeter
on Dec 26, 2023
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>we would all be speaking German >now if they had won I hope you're saying this as a joke/deliberate hyperbole.
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ETA: They lost WW1 too, but German remained our #1 foreign language.