Why English language is so popular ?

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Charles Darwin said:
Not India but in Nigeria they have over 500 local languages and having English as the official language allows them all to communicate with each other on an equal footing.
I could see similar advantages for english in India but would be interested in how Hiten sees it
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Hi and this is very interesting and i think is a positive effect of the English presence there.
I think it is quite the same for India.
Regards, gino
 
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jan.didden said:
Really? As their mother language? I don't think that is true. For instance, there are quite a bunch of developed countries in Europe and as far as I know only one has English as mother tongue (lumping GB as a single country in this context which may or may not be frowned upon).

Jan
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OK my mistake. Lots of non English speaking developed countries too. But I guess they also must be influenced by the English. I am not sure. I guess I think I should have said that most information and knowledge is easily available in English language instead of the word countries. And to learn the world would follow English language. Only time can tell.

ginetto61 said:
Hi and very interesting.
I would be very interested what is the attitude of Indian people towards English language.
I mean, do you love it ? neutral ? feel forced when you use it ?
Just a curiosity.
Thanks a lot, gino
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I can only give my perspective, I had to learn Four Languages. My First language (mother oungue), language of the State in which I reside, our national language (Hindi) and ofcourse English. I believe there was awareness of learning English but was not that much of a necessity when I was learning. School at which I learned had approximately 4000 students (Two shifts and four divisions) and now hardly 150 students are getting education in regional language. Also you will have to see from the perspective that we had 300 years of moghul and 200 years of British rule. But at present I feel people here are willingly accepting english language. I dont mind if learning a language is helping people getting ahead in life and prosper or seek knowledge.
'Let Noble thoughts come to us from all sides’ – Rigveda

Speaking English
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Hiten said:
... I can only give my perspective, I had to learn Four Languages. My First language (mother oungue), language of the State in which I reside, our national language (Hindi) and ofcourse English.
I believe there was awareness of learning English but was not that much of a necessity when I was learning. School at which I learned had approximately 4000 students (Two shifts and four divisions) and now hardly 150 students are getting education in regional language.
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Hi and thanks for the kind and very interesting reply.
Sorry but i am learning english 😱 do you mean that english in some ways has taken over the education in regional language ?
The english has become more and more the language in schools ?
This is very important.

Also you will have to see from the perspective that we had 300 years of moghul and 200 years of British rule. But at present I feel people here are willingly accepting english language.
I dont mind if learning a language is helping people getting ahead in life and prosper or seek knowledge.
'Let Noble thoughts come to us from all sides’ – Rigveda
Speaking English
🙂
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Thanks again and very interesting.
For us italians english is quite difficult to learn ... and he shows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbzGFcMiXwU

i personally find english exciting because allow to get information and exchange experiences ...
Thanks again, gino
 
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snup said:
attension of Papillon
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Steve McQueen did time on Île du Diable.
Same same, Papillon could have had a ball in plenty Creole areas in the top of South America, provided he switched to rum as well.
e.g. Surinam, or the neighbor Guyana (for some reason, Guyana chicks continue to bug me on the web)

PC can sod off, plenty tofu areas for him to choose from.
 
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ginetto61 said:
Hi and this is very interesting and i think is a positive effect of the English presence there.
I think it is quite the same for India.
Regards, gino
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It is a possibly positive effect of the presence of the english language, not necessarily of the presence of the English.
The presence of the English and other colonial powers in Africa has had largely negative results.
Not least because none of the national borders are where they should be.
 
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Charles Darwin said:
It is a possibly positive effect of the presence of the english language, not necessarily of the presence of the English. The presence of the English and other colonial powers in Africa has had largely negative results. Not least because none of the national borders are where they should be
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Hi and i think you could be very right.
But still i understand that former Colonies have a big respect for their Colonizer.
If this can be confirmed this must mean something.
I guess that the relations between UK and former British colonies are good nowadays.
Regards, gino
 
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