>>>BTW, what will now be official languages of the EU?
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>>In the spirit of etymology that has governed this side of the conversation, I'd say that the lingua franca should be... French :) Especially, after the recent election there. However, Frankish was an old Germanic language... bummer!:)
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>They might go for the new American English as its the bigly bestest language.

LOL... And the French will start Making American Grapes Again.
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