Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
We have a Lingua Franca - it's called English, before that it was called Latin.
No, before that it was called "French". Funny how an englishman would forget that

No need for everyone to have english as a first language though - english as a second language is plenty. We loose a ton of resources globally on learning languages and defective communications. If everyone understood the same language, there would be a huge economic boost for everyone except language teachers(and they're a weird bunch anyway). English fits the bill because of its spread, not its phonetic qualities btw. But meh, the world is moving in that direction already, so I'm happy.

Quote Originally Posted by Kralizec View Post
Maybe, but first Norway has to settle on a single language. Dialects are permissable as long as they're mutually intelligable
The sooner we throw out new-norwegian the better. Blasted thing has no positives at all, it can burn in hell for an eternity.

And I wouldn't cry if it took some of the weirder dialects with it. I'm looking at you, Telemark.