Echoes

Right now around 1.5 billion people now speak English. Of these about a quarter are native speakers, a quarter speak it as their second language, and half are able to ask for directions to a swimming pool. Modern hybrids of English have really caught on. There's Hinglish which is Hindi-English, Chinglish which is Chinese-English and Singlish which is Singaporean English and not that bit when they speak in musicals. So in conclusion, the language has got so little to do with England these days it may well be time to stop calling it 'English'. But if someone does think up a new name for it, it should probably be in Chinese.