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vonwoodson on April 25, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Other People’s Problems

They speak French in Louisiana, German in Amish Country, Gullah in North Carolina... Your ignorance doesn't make you correct.

snowpid on April 26, 2024 [–]

while clearly the Amish language is related to German, it is not German spoken in Germany. Btw, all these people can speak English.

wddkcs on April 26, 2024 | [–]

So can many of the people in Turkey, France, Japan, etc.

Tangentially related, but how long can languages really be considered a barrier when AI translations are ubiquitous.

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