[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

That's a bit of a stretch. Our language isn't our culture.

One reason that the UK is attractive to foreign workers is that they tend to speak English as a second language rather than French or German.

As regards our culture vs Europe, as I've said before, we look alike but don't think alike.

Are you saying that foreign words and phrase haven't been incorporated into British culture. As they are foreign, it can hardly be classed as included in the English language. The French constantly complain about English words being included in their culture/language.

As the French language police crackdown on more
Anglicizations - this time it's 'fake news', here's a look at
20 of the most annoying English words that should be kicked out
of the French language according to a Gallic author.",

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The Académie, a council of 40 writers and artists, is entrusted with protecting French from “Anglo-Saxon” attacks and writing an official dictionary, of which the latest unfinished version began in 1992.

One of its tasks is to come up with French equivalents to unwanted English words that slip into French – for example turning “email” into “courriel”.

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Originally Posted by ianch99

JC takes another step, reluctantly kicking and screaming, towards a second referendum:

Labour calls for vote in Commons on holding second referendum



He still has wiggle room but he is being slowly and grudgingly pushed toward this position.

So would this 2nd vote be a "meaningful" one, or would that depend on the outcome?


As the recent Commons vote demonstrated, it's easy to have a nonsense question that both sides disagree with, thereby distorting the outcome of the vote. There were those on the remain side and those on the leave side that voted against the proposals.