17 May
2004
17 May
'04
3:12 p.m.
>> In a hundred years the world will be
speaking and writing Hindu or
>> whatever dialect is popular in China and India
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Paul Koning wrote:
Correct -- English is, by far, the most widely
understood language in
the world. (In other words, counting both first and second language
skills.)
English is, indeed, the CURRENT Linqua Franca.
I agree that it will likely take more than "a hundred years" for that to
change, but NOT that it can't change.