[Pharmboy]

I know you were being a bit tongue-in-cheek to make a point, but you raise another issue: has English EVER been replaced ANYWHERE as a language?

[twigs]

One of the reasons English has not been replaced is that it is so adaptable. It just absorbs vocabulary from people who use it instead of trying to legistate out foreign influences like the French try to do with English.

[MalcolmS]

>>>I know you were being a bit tongue-in-cheek to make a point, but you raise another issue: has English EVER been replaced ANYWHERE as a language? <<<

Sure lots of places, according to other threads here on FR.

Miami
New York City
South Texas
Southern California
Westmount (Anglo Suburb of Montreal)

I'm sure I've missed a few.

Adios. Vaya Con Dios. Hasta la vista.

[stainlessbanner]

has English EVER been replaced ANYWHERE as a language?

Miami.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I don't know for sure. Probably some locale where the English landed, stayed a while, then left. Good question.

[Chris Talk]

In South Africa, to some degree, it looked like it would be replaced by Afrikaans, then by some Xhosa dialect, with Zulu of course in the Natal.

Only lately has it had a resurgence, since the black government wants to be able to scream to the West for aid in its own language.

[Ciexyz]

English will never be replaced by Spanish. We'll turn into Canada -- with two national languages.