| Kantor said: , It's the third most common first language in the world, yes. But I'm pretty sure it's the most commonly spoken language. Understandable: it's spoken by the world's richest and most powerful country, and it's fairly easy to learn (ignoring some grammar and pronunciation here and there). |
The ease of learning has a lot to do with the fact that you basically can't turn around without bumping into something written or spoken in English.
I honestly wouldn't mind another language as an alternative lingua franca - English is such a mess of exceptions and nitpicky rules when compared to something like German.
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