[Bringbackthedraft]

How long before English is declared a white racist language?

[x1stcav]

“English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that English would eventually become, as it did, the lingua franca of this planet, for it is thereby the richest and most flexible -- despite its barbaric accretions . . . or, I should say, because of its barbaric accretions. English swallows up anything that comes its way, makes English out of it.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

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[Alter Kaker]

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.

[Moonman62]

At least Western Civilization is winning on this front.

[WMarshal]

Leftist Germans say that there is not a “German culture” when it comes to murderous koranimals who speak like they have a mouthful of marbles yet the language of Shakespeare is verboten.

You are welcome for the cultural enrichment Germany.

[fishtank]

Ask a Frenchman, "Do you speak German?"

When he says, "No", reply,

"You're welcome!!!"

[Hawthorn]

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.