> I'd argue that english was spread *mainly* out of Britain, through the old > empire, the commonwealth, trade, etc. This being the reason why it's > called "English" and is even spoken on the American continent in the first > place! >
Agree with that analysis, the fact that Spanish (another colonial language) is the second most natively spoken language in the world is almost a proof by induction. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/-UXoRaBhtMkJ. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
