As discussed on a couple of occasions on this blog, it is something of a curse, as well as a blessing, to be a native born English language speaker.
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| English Is A Lingua Franca? |
A blessing, because by it's by sheer number of speakers alone, it is one of the worlds lingua franca's,
along with Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic, but also
because it is used worldwide, rather than being locked in one
geographical location such as China, its dispersal means it is now the
primary world lingua franca, either as the worlds most popular first, or
second language.
