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it's ironic though, that you wrote your comment in English.
by bouncycastle 6mo ago
it's ironic though, that you wrote your comment in English.
- moring 6mo agoThat is only historic influence, though. Britain does not control the English language and cannot exert any further influence through it.
- bouncycastle 6mo agoIt has profound foundational influence that continues to this day. Also, England doesn't need to do anything to ensure that influence of English culture is maintained in the US either. For as long as we still speak the English language, English culture will continue to live "rent free" in our heads, and that's not going away anytime soon. This is often cited as a "soft power".
- lukan 6mo agoWell, Monthy Python does still reach some people, but apart from that it is fading away it seems ..
- aquariusDue 6mo agoYeah, but whose English?
- munksbeer 6mo agoI think you meant, "but whom's English"
- estebank 6mo agoThe lingua franca has changed before...