Post #1746954

2026-04-23 12:32 UTC

@mnot I would have to disagree with that premise. much of the independent media sites across europe have content in multiple languages, often in the same account or blog

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@mnot@techpolicy.social 2026-04-23 12:52

@liaizon hmm. Examples?

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@mro@digitalcourage.social 2026-04-23 12:56

Hi @liaizon @mnot, it is very european to mix languages. The EU administration has many of them (look at https://www.europarl.europa.eu), countries (Belgium, Switzerland, etc.), families, TV-stations https://arte.tv, literature (En attendant Godot/Waiting for Godot/Warten auf Godot), even sentences. Speakers often begin in one language and switch during talking (or writing). Multiple times. Often there is no such thing as a single language but always a current one. And that may switch any time, even in words. https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4287 nailed it and is the bar we shouldn't fall short of. (Time-zones on the other hand, is a blind spot for many europeans. The US or Aussies/Kiwis are way better here)

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