smc### [at] csc com schrieb:
> When we introduced English to the world we did it at the point of a gun
> and with gunboat diplomacy. The American method was more economic,
> supplying cheap(ish) computer products and English language films.
> Somehow that seems more acceptable to people at large.
Interestingly, the USA /almost/ went for German as their national
language (because they had difficulties agreeing on either English or
French, AFAIK :-P)
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