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Description: Think Fact here: Language is an extremely important thing, but in all reality who owns it? Who gets to say what can be added to it? Is it out of control? Especially in terms of the English? Make sure to check out any other videos of mine that you missed! ____________________________ Link to my YouTube channel: youtube.com/thinkfact Link to my Twitter account: twitter.com/DaleWinslow Link to the Think Fact sub Reddit: reddit.com/r/thinkfact _______ The song is called: Starbase Mechanics Link to song: youtube.com/watch?v=z3IPzipaLk0 And was made by: teknoaxe Link to channel: youtube.com/channel/UCtgf00GvfFQVsYBA7V7RwUw ____________________________ Citations and further readings: What are the origins of the English Language?: merriam-webster.com/help/faq-history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_English Why Do Americans and Brits Have Different Accents?: livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.html Here is the video of David Crystal and his son, it goes into great detail over what English one sounded like: youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s David Crystal himself talking about it: youtube.com/watch?v=5lOFAzt8fMg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_world Who Owns English: orinhargraves.com/who-owns-english Who Owns English? Political, Social and Linguistic Dimensions of Urban Indian English Language Practices: linguistics.ucdavis.edu/pics-and-pdfs/ChandDissertationDONE5.09.pdf