How English Became The Global Language

Why is English the international language. Is it because of invasion and colonialism or is there more? Is there something about English that makes it an excellent choice as the global tongue? We look at 1000 years of history, take a look at the stats (which are often misleading) and more. Sign up for the LetThemTalkTV newsletter here. It’s full of interesting insights and stories about the English language and it’s free! 00:00 Lots of Statistics 01:03 Why English? 03:33 The Death of English? 07:32 The Fightback 12:07 A Side note about Scotland 12:36 Colonisation and America 16:08 Industry and Empire 18:17 Who speaks English and Wikipedia’s misleading stats #historyofenglish CREDITS By Flappiefh - Own work from:Natural Earth ;The origin and early spread of the Black Death in Italy: first evidence of plague victims from 14th-century Liguria (northern Italy) maps by O.J. Benedictow., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.w