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<blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 3020697" data-attributes="member: 94">Really?Let's see. Starting with 'A'. Aboleth. Aboleth speak their own language and Undercommon.Achaierai speak Infernal.Allips don't communicate intelligently at all.Angels speak Celestial, Infernal, and Abyssal-- but they have the tongues ability.Still, that should suffice to disprove the assertion.I have to think that folks here who don't think English is the &quot;Common&quot; of our world are primarily mistaken as to the use of Common in D&amp;D. Common is not ubiquitous. Like English, Common does not penetrate to every corner of the world, planar or extra-planar.It is, however, the primary language of the dominant culture-- exactly as is English.So, anyhow. I think folks are giving Common too much credit, which in turn gives them pause in declaring English as our Common.If the poll hadn't specified &quot;21st Century&quot; I was prepared to vote for Latin (the other dominant culture in our history).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wulf Ratbane, post: 3020697, member: 94"] Really? Let's see. Starting with 'A'. Aboleth. Aboleth speak their own language and Undercommon. Achaierai speak Infernal. Allips don't communicate intelligently at all. Angels speak Celestial, Infernal, and Abyssal-- but they have the tongues ability. Still, that should suffice to disprove the assertion. I have to think that folks here who don't think English is the "Common" of our world are primarily mistaken as to the use of Common in D&D. Common is not ubiquitous. Like English, Common does not penetrate to every corner of the world, planar or extra-planar. It is, however, the primary language of the dominant culture-- exactly as is English. So, anyhow. I think folks are giving Common too much credit, which in turn gives them pause in declaring English as our Common. If the poll hadn't specified "21st Century" I was prepared to vote for Latin (the other dominant culture in our history). [/QUOTE]

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