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<span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> Why can't I see adds? <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> VIP don't have ads: <span style=" color: red">https://polyglotclub.com/trust</span> <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel: Then why can you? :^)</span> | <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> Why can't I see adds? <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> VIP don't have ads: <span style=" color: red">https://polyglotclub.com/trust</span> <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel: Then why can you? :^)</span> | ||
<span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> I have just realized that the word "family" is a linguistic term, and it is not appropriate here. <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> 99,9% of our users are not linguists and the word family seemed understandable by usual people. "Macro language" does not mean anything for people. Do you know any other simple word? "Group"? <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel: It's nearly impossible to replace "macrolanguage", because a macrolanguage is both one language and many languages. I think the word "family" or "group" should be omitted, because it changes "Arabic" from a noun to an adjective.</span> | <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> I have just realized that the word "family" is a linguistic term, and it is not appropriate here. <span style=" color: red">Vincent:</span> 99,9% of our users are not linguists and the word family seemed understandable by usual people. "Macro language" does not mean anything for people. Do you know any other simple word? "Group"? <span style=" color: red">GrimPixel:</span> It's nearly impossible to replace "macrolanguage", because a macrolanguage is both one language and many languages. I think the word "family" or "group" should be omitted, because it changes "Arabic" from a noun to an adjective. <span style=" color: red">Vincent: I'll keep 'family' for now even if it's wrong from the linguist point of view. it will bother only 0.01% of people whereas if I write 'macrolanguage' it will bother 99.9% of people</span> | ||
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