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   Michael T. Richter (qqmrichter@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 15:58:32 JST Michael T. Richter

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   • Jens Finkhäuser

   @jens There are more Chinese people speaking English than there are native English speakers from any country.

   Ergo "Chinglish" is the "correct" English.

   Q.E.D.

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     Jens Finkhäuser (jens@social.finkhaeuser.de)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 15:58:34 JST Jens Finkhäuser

     Recently, I keep thinking of that guy who unironically expressed the opinion that American English was "correct" English because there are more Americans speaking it than there are English people. "Democratic", he called that.

     He didn't extend that same notion to International English, though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_English

     Then again, he was also convinced that the US was the only nation capable of bringing peace to the Middle East.

     Anyway, smart and nice guy, otherwise.