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Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words

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231 points rntn | 1 comments | 02 Apr 23 17:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.248s | source
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mkl95 ◴[02 Apr 23 20:04 UTC] No.35414561[source]▶
Ironically, Italy's remote work visa has some of the most lax requirements in the world, and speaking Italian isn't one of them.

> While the legislation encompasses all foreign languages, it is particularly geared at “Anglomania” or use of English words, which the draft states “demeans and mortifies” the Italian language, adding that it is even worse because the UK is no longer part of the EU.

This is comically disrespectful towards Ireland.

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1. Tade0 ◴[02 Apr 23 23:05 UTC] No.35416282[source]▶
To be fair, at least officially, the first and national language of Ireland is Gaelic.

English wasn't dominant until late XIXth century.