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> Anglosphere If you're moving the target to the Anglosphere, we have to count the whole population consumming content in English as their second of third lang

• School-Cotton 3y ago
  > If you're moving the target to the Anglosphere, we have to count the whole population consumming content in English as their second of third language, so the US becomes a way tinier portion of it. By “Anglosphere” I don’t mean everyone who speaks English. I mean the countries whose primary language is English and whose majority culture originally descends from England: at least the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. (A few other countries like Ireland or parts of South Africa don’t fit the strict definition but have a long and close association with England so can be thought of similarly. My point here is not to debate to what extent Ireland is culturally similar to England which is of course a controversial subject). People in these countries consume much of the same media and are much more culturally similar to each other than they are to people in e.g. India or the Philippines, even the ones who speak native-level English. > The Guardian, a US newspaper with US subscribers The Guardian is British.
  • makeitdouble 3y ago
    > The Guardian is British. Touché. > By “Anglosphere” I don’t mean everyone who speaks English Thanks, point taken.