Can't help but think the 8th Army may have also helped this along. The alternative would have been doing business in Russian and who wants that.
Posted on 12/22/2017 6:42:03 AM PST by GonzoII
Many German firms are switching to English as the primary language for meetings and communiqués, to the chagrin of some linguists and executives. But they have no choice.
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Ergo represents a larger trend. In a Handelsblatt poll, 18 of the 30 top companies listed in the DAX index of blue chips said English was their “official” business language, meaning that key documents, announcements and guidelines are penned in it. Only three companies surveyed said their official language remains exclusively German (see table below).
Even German car icon VW last year announced that it would make English the corporate language for its 120 sites worldwide. No other German company employs more people abroad — 340,000 of the 626,000 total last year.
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How long before English is declared a white racist language?
Merry Christmas!
Probably never; English growth at this point isn’t because there are more English or Anglosphere people on the Earth, but because it is widespread in India, Red China, etc.
It is the language of business; as I understand it (I may be wrong), English is also used universally by airline pilots.
Can't help but think the 8th Army may have also helped this along. The alternative would have been doing business in Russian and who wants that.
“...English is also used universally by airline pilots.”
Correct.
Formula 1 Racing mandates English in all contracts and radio communication.
Ferrari occasionally cheats on the latter...
Thanks.
I’m not sure what drives it now that the empire is much smaller, but I suspect it is something akin to using Arabic numerals instead of unwieldy Roman numerals. I can’t imagine what a keyboard looks like for Hindi, Arabic, or Chinese...
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Can have a career in the media ......
That is very interesting; in dealing with Quebecois and Puerto Ricans, I’ve noticed what you describe: While they may use the incorrect tense, they can make themselves understood. They all learn English in school but use French/Spanish in their everyday lives.
IACO (International Airtraffic Control Organization) rules require that for an airport to certified as "international" there must be at least one English speaking and one French speaking controller on duty at all times. A single bilingual controller will do.
Air France pilots visiting Boston's Logan Airport prefer to use English. Air Quebec insist on French.
Interesting; thank you for the info!
At least Western Civilization is winning on this front.
HTML tags are in English, in order to get the word out on the Internet that the language is racist, you'll have to use it.
You are welcome for the cultural enrichment Germany.
Ask a Frenchman, "Do you speak German?"
When he says, "No", reply,
"You're welcome!!!"
Sort of like the Cy-Bug monsters in the "Wreck-It Ralph" cartoon.
I was in Quebec City back in April. I’m used to Nicoise French speaking heavily accented English. I must admit it being disconcerting to have someone speak to me in French, who upon realizing I didn’t speak it, immediately dropped into perfect North American standard English. Not everyone there, of course, but enough that it happened several times in the course of a week.
I was told years ago that the Swiss Embassy in the USA used only English for its internal meetings and other internal communications. That way, the usual antagonism between German-speakers and French-speakers is minimized. I can’t verify, but seems reasonable.
And I was told more recently by a young Spaniard that when you graduate from the university over there and go for a job interview, the first question the company will ask is likely to be, “In addition to English, which other languages do you speak?” That is, it’s simply ASSUMED that an educated young person in Europe can handle English.
Then when I was checking into various Russian hotels, the Italians and Africans and Japanese and other foreigners in line with me would almost always use English when they stepped up to the counter to register. Same experience at a Serbian hotel in Belgrade. Ditto in Beijing and Singapore.
In other words, any “battles” are over. English has already won the war to be THE international language, like it or not.
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