why should english be the universal language?

Question

im a filipina who hates myself for mastering the english language, when my language is far better and sweeter to the ear,....oh shoot me

Answer 1

Good, go on hating yourself. I mean, you only mastered an international language, that I hear is actually quite difficult. You opened up so many windows for yourself. You can now talk to so many more people! And yet you hate yourself?

Let me ask you, where is only your native language going to get you?

And I agree with the person who said that the economies of the U.S., Great Britain, Australia, New Zeland, and Canada are huge.

And it's not just that, but English exists as a native language to people on every continent. How many continents does your native language span across?

I say, just stop using English if you hate it so much. If you don't use it, you lose it. So lose it. Don't come to an English website, speaking English, and talk about how much you hate English. That's called being a hypocrite, sweetie.

Go back to the rock you crawled out from under.

Answer 2

The main reason that any language becomes widely used is economic. You learned English to get a better job, to fit into the economic system of the Philippines, etc. English as a language isn't anything special, but the economies of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are the powerhouses in the world. That's why English IS a universal language.

Answer 3

English is the "de facto" "lingua franca".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca

The world needs an "International auxiliary language" like esperanto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_auxiliary_language

Why not english as the International Language? This seems a reasonable question, but

* English is by no means easy to master it is, generation after generation, the international language of a certain elite
* any nationally dominant language puts non-native speakers (in this case 90% of the world population) in an unfavourable position
* English - no matter how widespread still only reflects one specific type of culture, which may be upsetting to some
* in stress situations, one tends to lose ones ability to speak an irregular foreign language
* the above also applies to all other big languages as French, Spanish or Chinese.

Answer 4

English is most certainly not becoming the universal language because America is the most powerful country of the world. English language is spoken in America and elsewhere because the Englishmen (from England) were great colonizers - in those days, they were the most powerful country of the world.
Here in Serbia, children in grammar school and high school learn two foreign languages - English and one of the other main spoken languages (French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian). It's good to know many languages, don't you think?
And what language is "better" than the others? I don't know. I love Italian in songs, I adore Russian poetry, I like French chansons very much... I even tried to learn German, but somehow I just can't wrap my tongue around those long, long words... but who knows, maybe some day I'll finally learn it. :-)))

Answer 5

Well, one reason is that English grammar is relatively simple, so that it can be mastered with much less effort than most other languages.
There is no reason why English SHOULD be the universal language. It just worked out that way because of the prominence of the Anglo-Saxon/American presence in trade, travel, science, etc.
So, yes, I agree, there are more beautiful languages than English (many as a matter of fact), but we all have to live with the fact that English IS the universal language.

Answer 6

i am English, but don't believe that English should be the Universal language. It is one of the hardest to learn because of the many phonics and spellings and words, that mean totally different things, that don't make sense, even to me.
i think the the language should be what country you are in, if i went to France, i would expect to learn French before i go, if i don't, than i shouldn't get mad when i can't understand the people and they can't understand me.
of course, america, is a melting pot of many countries since it was discovered, but, was based on the English language.
on the other hand, i have alot of patience and respect for those trying to learn English.

Answer 7

Um, who says English should be the universal language, or even that there should *be* a universal language? If your language is so great, why did you choose to learn or were forced to learn English? Hm??? If you don't like English, don't speak it! Go to a website that is in your own language.

Answer 8

Well I feel you on that. I'm Mexican and I love my language. I actually like it more than the English language, but English is the universal language because the United States just happens to be the strongest country (military).

Answer 9

I believe that English is already the universal language of business. When I worked at AEG in Germany, all correspondence out of the country (China, Japan, all the European countries, Africa, Middle East and all the former East Block countries) was done in English...unless of course the customer spoke German. So you see...English is already a universal language.

Side note; researchers, doctors, journalists, etc. all speak English so they can communicate with their peers around the world. I doesn't mean they quit speaking their native language, they just use it allot.

Answer 10

English is the universal language . . . for now. But there was once a time when Latin was the universal language, and then French, and then Spanish . . . I wouldn't be surprised if 50 years from now the universal language was Chinese!