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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Stop #124804 03/07/04 08:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From a site I'm browsing: In Yugoslavia they speak five languages. In not one of them does the word stop exist, yet every stop sign in the country says just that. I bring this up to make the somewhat obvious observation that English is the most global of languages. http://f2.org/humour/quotes/language.html#MotherTongue Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Stop wwh 03/07/04 08:32 PM Re: Stop Buffalo Shrdlu 03/07/04 08:58 PM astonish vs surprise wwh 03/07/04 09:51 PM Re: Stop the madness! jheem 03/07/04 10:33 PM Re: Stop the madness! Faldage 03/07/04 10:44 PM Re: Stop the madness! jheem 03/07/04 10:50 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,353 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 524 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,550 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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