GulbuddinHekmatyar@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoWhy is there no global language that at least half the world speaks?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_world Including people who speak English as a second language, estimates of the total number of Anglophones vary from 1.5 billion to 2 billion. So you’re right: one quarter of people at most. Nonetheless that’s remarkable. Too bad it’s due more to subjugation than cooperation.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAwfully generous of the UK to go out of its way to respect Mongolia. I guess you gotta honor that Klingon code.
minus-squareSir_Fridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNowadays it’s probably also because of the dominance of American culture, especially online.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_world
So you’re right: one quarter of people at most. Nonetheless that’s remarkable. Too bad it’s due more to subjugation than cooperation.
Awfully generous of the UK to go out of its way to respect Mongolia. I guess you gotta honor that Klingon code.
Nowadays it’s probably also because of the dominance of American culture, especially online.