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[Grundwaffe]

Where do Asia speak english as there official language and why? how did that happen.

This is for my homework annnnnnnnnnnnnd if someone here loves history share your knownledge.

Im asking here so i can get something better then taken from wikipedia *school*

[Evilnrg]

Hong kong ?
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42).

[Grundwaffe]

Thanks i'll look into it evil, more facts would be cool also! *to everyone else*

[Demon767]

Fun fact: i love asians

[shockcoil]

Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia the Raj (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) were all part of the British Empire if that's what you're asking. However the number of countries in Asia who have English as an official language are in the minority. Also notice I did not say THE official language as many countries have English as the second official language just because it's convenient.

[Spartan_Marine88]

Philippines has two Official Languages English and Fillipino

don't know why, just remember my co worker telling me about it

[AmPM]

Philippines were under US control for a while, after the Spanish turned them over to us after the Spanish-American war. So thats why they are Catholic and speak English.

[Falcon333]

Erm, I'm from Hong Kong and I rarely hear someone speak English. Some English words are regularly used though, like Hello / Bye / ...
But Cantonese is the main language.

However, I do believe English is recognised as an official language of HK.

So I guess you could say they speak English...

[tank130]

French is an official language of Canada, but only people in Quebec speak it. The rest of us hate the french......lol

Edit: French Canadians that is

[salan]

French is an official language of Canada, but only people in Quebec speak it. The rest of us hate the french......lol

Edit: French Canadians that is

I hear that they are attempting to re-make the quebec country again, I'll be signing up for the military to shoot me some frenchies if they do that crap!

[Spartan_Marine88]

French is an official language of Canada, but only people in Quebec speak it. The rest of us hate the french......lol

Edit: French Canadians that is

Even the French hate the French Canadians

I hear that they are attempting to re-make the quebec country again, I'll be signing up for the military to shoot me some frenchies if they do that crap!

My solution, just bomb them flat, and recolonize with regular canadians

[Grundwaffe]

Good, most replies useful info.

[SX23]

I hear that they are attempting to re-make the quebec country again, I'll be signing up for the military to shoot me some frenchies if they do that crap!

French is an official language of Canada, but only people in Quebec speak it. The rest of us hate the french......lol

Edit: French Canadians that is

Even the French hate the French Canadians

My solution, just bomb them flat, and recolonize with regular canadians

Be careful about what you say, lads.
You wouldn't want a Frenchie in front of your door with an hammer, wouldn't you?

[Spartan_Marine88]

Be careful about what you say, lads.
You wouldn't want a Frenchie in front of your door with an hammer, wouldn't you?

Wouldn't care, if i had one show up at my door with a hammer, i would be confident in my entire street being there to help me out

[SX23]

*Sigh*

Implications failed....
I was merely saying that I am a what you call so eagerly a frenchie, and that I might show up in front of your door someday, which was, of course, sarcasm.
Anyway, I usually don't care about those nationality passions, as I already despise most of individuals, but it just seemed fun to jump in for once.

[tank130]

What I hate about french Canadians more than anything. They never say they are from Canada, They say they are from Quebec.....

 I really wish they would just get the fuck out. Then we can give the province to the Indians, they deserve it more.

[brn4meplz]

We'll take Cubans. They don't want to live where they are either.

[salan]

its shits like them that cause civil wars...

[3rdCondor]

It's sad that Klingon is spoken more than Latin. Why did I take Latin??? Oh yeah... TOGA PARTAAAAAY! carpe vinum!!

[Masacree]

It's sad that Klingon is spoken more than Latin. Why did I take Latin??? Oh yeah... TOGA PARTAAAAAY! carpe vinum!!

Latin is the shit. Especially Latin poetry.

You've got good shit like:

Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quicquid erit, pati,
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,
quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare
Tyrrhenum: sapias, uina liques, et spatio breui
spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit inuida
aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.

And you've got even better shit like:

Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo,
Aureli pathice et cinaede Furi,
qui me ex versiculis meis putastis,
quod sunt molliculi, parum pudicum.
Nam castum esse decet pium poetam
ipsum, versiculos nihil necesse est;
qui tum denique habent salem ac leporem,
si sunt molliculi ac parum pudici,
et quod pruriat incitare possunt,
non dico pueris, sed his pilosis
qui duros nequeunt movere lumbos.
Vos, quod milia multa basiorum
legistis, male me marem putatis?
Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo.

And everything in between.