2007-01-24 22:31:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
it's stupid language. most people are stupid and they choose the easiest for their stupid brains.
French or Italian languages are much more sophisticated. so smart people learn them.
2007-01-25 01:57:23 · answer #1 · answered by jinnee_mark 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Because English is the international language of business and commerce. Furthermore communication associated with international air travel is done in English. Despite what Socialists and Communists might say or think business and not welfare is what makes the world go round.
I was in Japan 1970. While I am certain it was going on well before I got there, I found it was nearly impossible to learn any Japanese at all. Everyone I encountered insisted on speaking English. They were starved for someone to talk to who thought in English. When they determined I was one of those people, they refused to forgo the opportunity to practice. It was great fun but I wish I could have learned a few words in Japanese.
2007-01-25 01:26:55 · answer #2 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fact that English is so wodespread is due to the colonializing of the Brittish Empire. Unable and unwilling to learn and use indigineous languages, the Brittish Colonials taught and spread their own language and many of the people that were colonized adopted English to be able to effectively deal with an often oppressive foreign presence. In actuality, more people speak Chinese and/or Indonesian than speak English.
2007-01-24 22:42:09 · answer #3 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think it is because that among the languages spoken by most people in world, it is the easiest to learn.
2007-01-24 23:35:13 · answer #4 · answered by Mhik_V 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cuz english is spoken by most people as their native language.
And in most countries,english is the 2nd language tought at school.In the opposite to other languages as chinese,russian,
french,german,english is very easy to learn.
2007-01-24 23:07:06 · answer #5 · answered by Fritz 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Something had to be. Empire building helped. But it was just the language around at the time that globilisation took off. People needed something, so that was it.
2007-01-24 22:37:40 · answer #6 · answered by future_man_uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos at one time the British ruled most of the world, and insisted that English be the standard language
this forced more and people people to learn eng to get civil serivce jobs
and so, to this day, english is considered the most imp lang
2007-01-24 22:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it is a language which speaks lots of people in the world: the USA for example.
2007-01-25 02:03:55 · answer #8 · answered by Giedre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is the language which most of the people speak....... find out
2007-01-24 22:36:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it is the universal language.
2007-01-24 22:35:20 · answer #10 · answered by Galadriel 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the worlds' most dominant country uses that as its medium of communication therefore we all have to know it as well.
2007-01-25 01:00:50 · answer #11 · answered by almond flakes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋