XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   Richard Heathfield  wrote:   
      
   > On 13/11/2025 12:31, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   > > On 13/11/25 23:11, Richard Tobin wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> (English is of course still an official EU language.)   
   > >   
   > > Thank the Irish for that. If they choose instead to make Irish their   
   > > official EU language, the UK is screwed.   
   >   
   > Why? What do we care what language the EU uses?   
      
   And why would the EU care about Britain being, or not being a member?   
   They have been useless right from the start,   
   and they never were able to play the part   
   that they could and should have played.   
      
   Jan   
      
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