irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoIf you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick?message-squaremessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down12
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareIf you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick?irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squarepiwakawakas@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-218 hours agoMaybe wrong, but I believe this is from a language learning sub on reddit where people would ask what language they should learn without any other qualifiers. It was asked so frequently that people just started replying Uzbekistani. Again, that’s my memory of it, could be wrong.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoCould be! Like “under the laws of Saudi Arabia…” in the legal advice community.
minus-squarepiwakawakas@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoI assume people asking legal advice but not specifying where they are?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-218 hours agoYup. Jurisdiction is very important, but a lot of people seem to have never considered it. And if you’re not aware, Saudi is still a medieval-style absolute monarchy with public beheadings for, like, adultery. (And a valued Western ally)
minus-squarepiwakawakas@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoI knew things were grim, but that’s worse than I thought!
minus-squarepiwakawakas@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/4sok49/is_uzbek_like_a_meme_on_this_subreddit/ If you want to brave Reddit
Maybe wrong, but I believe this is from a language learning sub on reddit where people would ask what language they should learn without any other qualifiers. It was asked so frequently that people just started replying Uzbekistani.
Again, that’s my memory of it, could be wrong.
Could be! Like “under the laws of Saudi Arabia…” in the legal advice community.
I assume people asking legal advice but not specifying where they are?
Yup. Jurisdiction is very important, but a lot of people seem to have never considered it.
And if you’re not aware, Saudi is still a medieval-style absolute monarchy with public beheadings for, like, adultery. (And a valued Western ally)
I knew things were grim, but that’s worse than I thought!
https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/4sok49/is_uzbek_like_a_meme_on_this_subreddit/
If you want to brave Reddit