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**saerensenatljn** · 02-09-2011, 01:28 PM

Of course it is. Half the world was part of the British Empire at one time. There are one billion people in India who all speak English. English is taught as a second language in most of the countries of the world because it's the lingua franca, the language of commerce. All airline pilots and air traffic controllers have to speak English. Egypt was once part of the British Empire, so it's understandable that many people there speak English.

I don't care what they speak. Did you ever hear a mad Latino woman bitching about the rent? When people are pissed they always revert back to their roots. But not in Egypt apparently.

02-09-2011, 01:28 PM	#29
saerensenatljn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 586 Senior Member	Of course it is. Half the world was part of the British Empire at one time. There are one billion people in India who all speak English. English is taught as a second language in most of the countries of the world because it's the lingua franca, the language of commerce. All airline pilots and air traffic controllers have to speak English. Egypt was once part of the British Empire, so it's understandable that many people there speak English. I don't care what they speak. Did you ever hear a mad Latino woman bitching about the rent? When people are pissed they always revert back to their roots. But not in Egypt apparently.
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