Remind me again as to why did English become the Lingua Franca of our time, /his/.
>>943337
because the English established the most relevant colonies
Because of Brits and Muricans dominating the post WW2 global economy
two global hegemons in a row speaking english
internet and computers being invented by english speakers
>>943342
>britain dominating post war global economy
nice joke anon, 10/10
>>943337
Because it's piss-easy
"What language are we speaking"
Honestly I'm surprised we haven't revised a new language, one with a mix of Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Chinese. If we did we could truly unite the world or some shit
britbongs colonized the most important parts of the americas and entered the industrial revolution first
why does god reward perfidy
USA's political hegemony in the age of mass media.
>>943337
>Remind me again as to why did English become the Lingua Franca of our time, /his/.
Because of WWI and WWII killing off French and German relevance.
>>943337
Marshall Plan
>>943337
Because of America becoming the global power after WWII. French was the lingua franca prior the 50's.
>>943403
>unironically being an Esperanto fag
Fuck off
>>943403
Esperanto is ugly as fuck and that's mainly European based. That bastard concoction you've thrown together would summon the deep old ones.
'murican medial and political supermacy
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Because germanics are the most advanced race in the world. They literally invented the modern world. Naturally, a western germanic language such as english would become its dominant language.
>>943355
>either of those
>hegemons
I think you need a dictionary, friend..
>>943403
>hurr durr what is Lojban
>>943337
>britain had lots of colonies
>it's a relatively simple language to learn
>The US is a english speaking nation and the current biggest economic power
>People worldwide consume tons of US media
>>943337
>>943403
>If we mixed all these completely different languages together into one big language nobody, not even the practitioners of the original languages, could understand we'll unite the world
>>943403
Once we get everyone back to speaking a single language, we can continue working on the Tower of Bable again. We'll show God yet.
Because America is strong. Very strong.
>>944605
God damn, I can't wait 'til the last one is completely solidified.
Will we change out name to The United States or Earth? Then to The United States of the Solar System?
>>944664
>Earth Federation
>United Federation of Earth
>United Federation of Planets
>>947226
>United Federation of Earth
UK domination of the 19th century.
American domination of the 20th century.
English is easier for everyone to learn, both technically and politically.
>>944664
The Galactic Empire, son
>>943338
This
USA USA USA
>>947233
The first one was gundam, the next two were star trek
>>943391
Created languages are easier. Why not use them?
