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How English conquered the world
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How English conquered the world
From the Open University, Clive Anderson presents The History of English in Ten Minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSYwPTUKv...ture=feedf
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: How English conquered the world
Wow very interesting.
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RE: How English conquered the world
Well, it was interesting until the OU had it removed, which obviously they hadn't done when I posted it. Sorry about that.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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