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Message: [QUOTE="UnDubious, post: 344950, member: 4030"] That's one part. The other, and this is not the fault of the ordinary American citizen, is that English is taking up more and more space in different countries and it creates resentment. I think the main reason for this shift is the Internet. American content dominates because it's the largest and richest Western country (most of us don't speak Chinese or Indian languages so we won't watch that content), which has a strong influence on people around the world since we spend so much time online. Even a forum like this is an example of it. I think English has its place as an "international language" - we probably always need one of those, and it's English now. But when the local language loses too much ground in the real world it bothers a lot of people who grew up with it and also enjoy their local culture. [/QUOTE]

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