Thanks for that catdance
"So, do you conclude from all this that the terms "dialect" and "language" are politically and socially loaded? If so, you're absolutely right."
I have to agree with that!
Being understood may be the criteria for definition. I've admired Belizean Creole as a solution to a problem, saving our nation of mixed origins from being Babel, but it has huge failings in communication and is only a compromise to language/dialect differences. We are wise to have English as our national language because of its ability to be exact, giving us power in communicating with the worlds business community.

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