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Old 06-03-2020, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by sacman08 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
We can thank Britain for so many countries speaking English. Mandarin is only in there because China is the largest single country without giant swaths of frozen tundra. Otherwise everyone would speak their own language. World languages change too, Greek was the most known language in ancient times then Latin. Dialects will always develop in localized areas into new languages.
I simply can't argue that the brit's have progressed english language internationally.
I know in some countries students learn english as a 2nd language. This kind of spurred my question.
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