The Decline of the English-Speaking World

by Barry ORegan | February 9, 2009 at 08:50 pm
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Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Well since I speak more than one language, I have something to fall back on!

Certainly this story will raise more than a few eyebrows. But then is n ot the English language a Compilation of many languages, from Latin to Arabic , Greek, Indian Hindi Language, as well as French, German, Russian etc.  We are sort of a Heinz 57 language, though it is said the Dutch Frieslanders started the English Language  centuries ago as the origin of our Language.

I will defend all Western countries but I feel especially close to Britain, which makes it all the more sad to see how humiliated this once-great nation currently is. The English language once conquered the world. Now the rest of the world is conquering the English-speaking countries. If current trends continue, people in Singapore will know English while the nation that created the English language will cease to exist.

At the same time as sharia law has gained official recognition as a part of the British legal system and Muslims proudly talk about conquering the Western world, a British woman was arrested because of a supposedly "racist" doll she kept in her window. In al-Britannia a Muslim man can claim benefits for children with multiple wives and brag about subduing the country and reducing its traditional inhabitants to second-rate citizens or worse, but you cannot have a "racially insensitive" doll in your own home, at least not if you're white.

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Fripouille

Good post!! "Heinz 57 language". So true.

I teach english to French businesspeople and they cannot understand why there is no 'governing/controlling body' to say what's good or bad in english use. The French have 'L'Académie' which statutes on what's good or bad in french usage. Beurk, heaven forbid that for english. I like to think of it in terms of french being a 'Windows' language, and english being a 'Linux' language. If a word or structure is used, it's part of the language, period.

When I studied language history at University, I learned that "Any culture or country which dominates the others in economic, diplomatic, military and cultural terms 'imposes' its language automatically". This is true, as history has often shown. It also goes some way towards explaining the issues that your excellent post discusses.

Wish I'd seen this post when you first put it up! Darn!

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Barry ORegan

Hey thanks for visiting, being from Quebec myself, I could never understand masculine and feminine especially chair and table, I mean where are the nibbly bits then if it is feminine?

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Fripouille

HA! Right. And have you ever tried running your hands through a car's (une voiture) beautiful long and silky and heavenly hair?! (That said, some people say they 'love' cars. Takes all sorts, I suppose.....)

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Barry ORegan

HA, true Cars and Torandoes are feminine

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René

Never gonna happen, Barry. India alone needs English to communicate with themselves.

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