England left the EU so...it makes sense?
Umm not really, the fact the England is 3000 miles closer and has 10 times the history behind the spreading of the language is why its used, also simply put europeans speak to more english people than american.
What the EU will use will be the most commonly used across the most countries, which is British English.
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If we hadn't been fighting 2 other wars at the time then things would have been vastly different :P and its not our fault that US has mangled the language
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Irony >> "do they even realize that having a state religion IS THE REASON WE LEFT BRITTEN? god these people are idiots"
English needs to stay as main language, whether the UK is a part of the EU or not.
It is easy to learn and already established as world language. As much as german would make sense for the EU it is too hard to learn.
Also people are lazy and few enough bother to speak good english, alot less would bother with german.
Thing is its not very accurate, those trading with the UK will still be trading with the UK ... no language requirement will change, there will be shifts over time but that generally happens anyway. Most Business's will use what ever is most convenient and currently in place.
Its not as though the UK will vanish and suddenly stop trading with the EU. The drunken idiot is not as smart as you think, he is exagerating by quite a margin.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men: Jean Rostand. Yeah, Atheism is a religion like bald is a hair colour!.
Classic: "The tank is the driver, the healer is the fuel, and the DPS are the kids sitting in the back seat screaming and asking if they're there yet."
Irony >> "do they even realize that having a state religion IS THE REASON WE LEFT BRITTEN? god these people are idiots"
Ummm not quite, if going off pure "number of people speaking" American english is the largest, but thats down to the size of the countries that use it, if your on about geographical reach and number of countries then British english is largest, partial due to the effects of the British Empire.
So which is better, fewer countries with large populations speaking the language and less geographical spread or more medium/small countries speaking it and more world coverage. From the trade, commerce and relations point of view, British English does seem the better option.
Realistically though the arguement is a moot point, as Amercian English is not a language, its a dialect, ie a slight alteration of British English.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men: Jean Rostand. Yeah, Atheism is a religion like bald is a hair colour!.
Classic: "The tank is the driver, the healer is the fuel, and the DPS are the kids sitting in the back seat screaming and asking if they're there yet."
Irony >> "do they even realize that having a state religion IS THE REASON WE LEFT BRITTEN? god these people are idiots"
all this... when a person can simply say the most important language on earth is whatever USA speaks. whether that is mandarin, english, french, german, tagalog or fucking morse code. USA most important single nation so it will dictate. China is becoming more important, but then again I was around for the whole Japanese fiasco... so i know how it will end, with USA most important.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men: Jean Rostand. Yeah, Atheism is a religion like bald is a hair colour!.
Classic: "The tank is the driver, the healer is the fuel, and the DPS are the kids sitting in the back seat screaming and asking if they're there yet."
Irony >> "do they even realize that having a state religion IS THE REASON WE LEFT BRITTEN? god these people are idiots"
The thing is, there aren't "British English" speakers, there are British people, and goofballs who try to speak like British people and sound like idiots in the process. American English is more neutral in terms of grammar and pronunciation and isn't filled with as many obscure quirks that you're just supposed to know somehow. Just take music for example, singers all naturally drift toward the American accent because it has the most natural sound, can you imagine what the British invasion would have sounded like if they all sang with British accents?