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Originally posted by Shaide:
In the past, the official language was the french, but now, the official language is English, why? I wanna know...
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I'd have to agree that English has the widest spread (official? says who?) of the modern languages, and you probably have to thank the British for that. At one point in time, "the Sun never set on the British Empire". Today I'd say the media (movies,tv) are doing the most to spread English worldwide. On a related note:
Subject:Control Tower Exchanges
Conversations that passengers normally don't hear.
A Pan Am 727 flight engineer waiting for start clearance in Munich
overheard the following: Lufthansa (in German): Ground, what is our
start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in
Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the
bloody war!"