(September 30, 2015 at 1:26 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(September 30, 2015 at 1:14 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Leave it to Wiki to get stupid on matters linguistic. The term you're looking for, Buggy, is lingua franca. Using the term "universal language" in its stead is an inaccurate reinvention of a perfectly fine wheel.
I don't think using the term "universal language" confuses anyone except Cato.
I think using inapt terms confuses people who aren't educated. Cato certainly isn't in that group, but he certainly was pointing out inapt usage.