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You don’t think English propagation had anything to do with British colonialism?
by rib3ye 3y ago
You don’t think English propagation had anything to do with British colonialism?
- tick_tock_tick 3y agoI mean them colonizing the USA.....
- thaumasiotes 3y agoThe presence of English in India is pretty clearly due to the efforts of the British, not the Americans. Same thing in Australia. Presence of English in France and Germany might be more due to Americans.
- courgette 3y agoIn France I would blame post ww2 soft power. The old cliché about French gents not speaking English is irrelevant for anybody under 40yo. It’s interesting to see French word in English from the William the conqueror period, too. ( like “phrase” from above or the tired example “sheep” vs “mutton” )