According to linguist John McWhorter it's because the Vikings learned it badly!
According Henry Hitchings Language Wars (2011) these nations do not currently have an official primary language: UK see hereUSAthough 20 states now have an official language — see hereAustralia 80% speak English but not officialPakistan Urdu became official language in 2015 but only spoken by 8% of population.EthiopiaAmharic is official language but most spoken is OromoSomaliaEritrea Costa Rica Why these countries?Read extended transcript on Medium
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Thanks for the video
ReplyDeleteHad thought that english's 3rd person "s" was odd, but nice to hear from John McWhorter (big fan of his books).
Surprised that he would say "vikings learned english badly". I get it, but is there such a thing as bad when it comes to language ? There's common and less common, and somewhere in the middle is that creative mix that makes languages evolve. Cheers, Brad