At 2001-09-27T00:32:08Z, Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ...the French thinking that French is the lingua franca of the world. It's > only wishful thinking.
>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary:
Lingua Franca \Lin"gua Fran"ca\ (l[i^][ng]"gw[.a]
fr[a^][ng]"k[.a]). [It., prop., language of the Franks.]
In a literal sense, French *is* the lingua franca of the world.
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Kirk Strauser
