Short explanation from yahoo:

Historical accident. In the past, other languages like Latin and French have served as the "International Language." It just happens that we've had two successive English-speaking nations as the most powerful in the world - first Great Britain, then the United States.

At the height of British power, it was literally true that the sun never set on their Empire - they had significant holdings in places all over the world and on every continent. Furthermore, they were a major mercantile nation, and English traders could be found almost anywhere. English was a highly useful language to learn for this reason.

As American power eclipsed that of Great Britain, people didn't have to learn a new language to deal with the new power - Americans spoke English, too. So English's position became more entrenched.

Meanwhile, the world became smaller as transportation in the British/American age eclipsed what came before it. In less than a century, trips that took weeks or months by ship could be made in hours by airplane. In this environment, anyone could theoretically go anywhere - and the best option for many of them was to go to the rich Western countries, many of which were Anglophone, for education. Thus, English again was reinforced as an international language.

Nice post bro. Now everyone will know why English is used as the global language.

"Historical accident."


after I read the article above,
I dnt think it was an accident >.<

the power of US :D

thats why latin languange become less important ><

ko kwang : tp latin tu bhs yg eksotis loh.. gw demen..catch phrase di film2 kan bnyk yg bgtu..

De inimico non loquaris sed cogites > Do not wish a bad day for your enemy. Plan a bad day for him!
Sic vis pacem para bellum > If you want peace, get ready for a war!



bhkan ga sedikit jg kan logo/semboyan sekolah katolik yg pake bhs latin~

Latin has a lot similarities with greek.
i think its not a commonly used language
i prefer spanish :)

yes, it's indeed uncommon, that makes it so unique.
you'll get to like latin if you love watching exorcism movies

yeah..
actually i also like to be unique.. but sometimes when we are learning a language,we need an environment to practice..
no practice,less improvement.. :)

@all
btw,what about the second international language after english? maybe chinese?haha or spanish

des_jung wrote:

yeah..
actually i also like to be unique.. but sometimes when we are learning a language,we need an environment to practice..
no practice,less improvement.. :)

@all
btw,what about the second international language after english? maybe chinese?haha or spanish

of course chinese.. hoho. but french is also tempting to be learned.. but it's pronunciation will make your jaw tired.. bonsoir, ravi de te rencontrer..

hmm yes quite true, if it's about the environment, i daresay latin is like a forgotten language -____-,

we only capable of chanting the verses, quotes, but it's near impossible to learn the proper grammar and put into action

second language is chinese, that's for sure...
how about german? it's the engineer's holy language


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amat victoria curam _ victory loves preparation (the mechanics, 2011)

@tangerine yeah,french is also interesting for some people. france has so many colonies. especially in africa.

@st fanuc wow,some of german people think that deutsch is mother/root of english. i have no idea bout this. never learned deutsch before.

well, i think it's not the root, more like they come from the same "unknown" root & then developed into two distinct language, some words are quite similar.

i know of one thing..germany is the country of fine mechanics and machinery..