Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet

theguardian.com ^ | 7/27/2018 | Jacob Mikanowski

[rktman]

SMDH. So now we're supposed to be ashamed of speaking da english? KMA!

[Fred Hayek]

There is a bank headquartered in Spain that does business globally. The language spoken in the home office, due to global business, is English.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Dangerous not to speak English? Really?

I go places all the time, and am in the presence of people speaking many other languages. I sure don’t see anyone cowering in fear as they freely speak whatever language they are speaking in public.

[Paladin2]

English has one of, if not the largest Lexicon of World Languages and is stealing and generating more words every day. (It’s very sustainable and organic.)

Very few gender assigned words.

Reads from left to right.

What’s not to like?

[BenLurkin]

English language is taking over the planet

Good!

But.......which English...….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxWeWbrzqA8

[onedoug]

No language is as descriptive as English. However, learning as many languages as possible is a very worthy goal.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I suppose we’re all supposed to use French, where it takes five words to say “software”.

[DoughtyOne]

Watched the remake of “Overboard” the other night. What a mistake.

About 15 to 20% of the movie was in Spanish. It may have been less, but it actually seemed like a lot more.

It was insulting.

This glorification of the Hispanic culture over our own, is getting very very tedious.

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t have a problem with that.

Just don’t try to tell me we are not a nation of one language.

We don’t divide our people into groups.

We are all one people, and English is the language here.

If folks don’t like it, they can march right back where they came from.

Do what you want as a family, I have no problem with it.

In public, it’s English.

[allendale]

If a person does not speak English well, it is not likely he or she will be treated seriously in business, academia, diplomacy or politics. Not right, but just the way it is.

[llevrok]

how the English language is taking over the planet

Except in the USA

[rktman]

And you know they're talking about you. Right? 😹😹😹🤔

[rktman]

Uh, uh, uh. Words are born non gender specific from what I hear. 👹

[pilipo]

I suppose we’re all supposed to use French, where it takes five words to say “software”.

How many French words does it take to say "Who has the white flag?"

[Ace's Dad]

Aviation world wide requires English.

[Does so]

If English comes back, and Spanish is removed from medications, I’ll be able to read how many pills to take!

[donna]

Aviation English: Language pilots must speak, regardless of nationality

[Constitution Day]

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

[rktman]

Requires or preferred. Just wonderin’. Pilots?

[PGR88]

The vocabulary of our post-Norman tongue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSYiT2iG08