Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe' gets approval

Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by jjtheblunt on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @02:43PM (#41791229)

I wonder if the spread of English is because it's like a barycenter pulled by multiple languages, so not too far afield if coming from any of those languages.

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Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by gavindean90 on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @03:04PM (#41791476)

My thoughts are that any language that can embed other languages in it has the capacity to be a global lingua franca. English was firstest with the mostest.

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Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by jjtheblunt on Thursday October 10, 2024 @01:40PM (#41801255)

seems plausible.

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Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by colechristensen on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @03:40PM (#41791823)

I think it has a lot more to do with the global British Empire pre-WWI followed by American dominance post WWII. Perhaps there's an argument that the success of both had at least a small contribution from the characteristics of the language.

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