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    MimicSquid
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    I liked the article as a thing to read, but aside from a nod to the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis (while admitting it's not a resolved issue) and a description of the loss of various languages in the US,...

    I liked the article as a thing to read, but aside from a nod to the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis (while admitting it's not a resolved issue) and a description of the loss of various languages in the US, there's not actually an argument held forth that English being the dominant language or indeed the only language would be a bad thing.

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      1. MimicSquid
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        I would be happy if that had been what happened in this article, but the last few paragraphs were suggesting changes for which the author hadn’t laid out either a need or a demand.

        I would be happy if that had been what happened in this article, but the last few paragraphs were suggesting changes for which the author hadn’t laid out either a need or a demand.

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  2. Prometheus720
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    I wish that English could be a medium of contact WITHOUT displacing local/smaller languages--I wish that it would stay a second language for people. I don't see what can be done about it, though.

    I wish that English could be a medium of contact WITHOUT displacing local/smaller languages--I wish that it would stay a second language for people.

    I don't see what can be done about it, though.

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