Well, let's get our crayons out and reall get some colour going.SellSword wrote: ↑Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:15 pmWhat's to get bored with? It's random, so you shake it up and never know what you're going to get!LostKnight wrote: ↑Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:19 pmWell, some readers have stopped reading, some posters have stopped posting. Bored with my ramblings I guess.
It is a colorful thread! If you hail from Canada or England and like those extra vowels it can also be colourful!
Countries where English is a de facto¹ official language: Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
OMG! Not even the "Official by Law Language" in the United Kingdom. Fancy that.
Now for a list where English is a de jure² official language: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cook Islands, Dominica, Eswatini (Swaziland), Fiji, The Gambia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe - there's more but...... this is a good sampling.
WE ARE NOT ALONE!
Now if I could only spell and type properly, without thirteen proofreads and one hundred and sixteen edits!
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¹ - de facto: "in fact"; describes practices that exist in reality, even if not legally recognized by official laws.
² - de jure: 'in law'; describes practices that are legally recognized, whether or not the practice exist in reality.
