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It took centuries of British colonization to make British English the lingua franca of the world, and decades of American cultural and economic imperialism to s
by abdullahkhalids 8y ago
It took centuries of British colonization to make British English the lingua franca of the world, and decades of American cultural and economic imperialism to switch the default to American English. It is unlikely that a complete switch to Chinese will happen on any shorter scale, if ever.
- TomMarius 8y agoDecades aren't really a long scale, though. 3 decades ago almost nobody in the Czech Republic spoke any English, today it's a common day-to-day language in Prague as many foreigners live there, even the homeless speak good English.