minus-squareAE5NE@lemmy.radiotoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What if the USA decided to use another language as its *de facto* national language at it's founding? Would it affect the world's lingua franca?linkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days ago“de facto” literally means that it wasn’t decided. linkfedilink
minus-squareAE5NE@lemmy.radiotoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL “sleet” does not have the same meaning in all English speaking countrieslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days ago That’s the NOAA/NWS term I think (this is apple weather) linkfedilink
“de facto” literally means that it wasn’t decided.