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Year:
1898
Short description:
Bismarck's comment on the importance of English
Medium description:
On being asked the most important event in modern history, Otto von Bismarck's replies 'the fact that North Americans speak English'.
Tags:
history of English
Hoffmann, Charlotte (2000). The Spread of English and the Growth of Multilingualism with English in Europe. in Cenosz, Jasone & Jessner, Ulrike (eds.).
English in Europe: the acquisition off a third language
. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd., pp.1-21 [p.1]