English language challenge

[Keenir]

There was a time after the American Revolution, that Congress was debating
whether or not to break completely with Britain. The break would have included making German, and not English, the language of this country.

nien. sadly, efendim, that is a myth urban.

 

[black angel]

English only in southern England? mmmmm.
ok take Britannia Ruled,
the Occupation makes England much more nationalistic in the short run so Anne not James becomes Queen of England, England is poorer because of the occupation and puritans are died or living in Scotland so no colonies.
thanks to the occupation of England and Holland by Spain Scotland became the hub of calvinism. because of that and the Stewarts messing up, Scotland becomes a Commonwealth like Cromwell's,
the Church of England become very "high church" after the occupation and many people (Especially in the North of England) feel that it may as well be Catholic.
so in 1680's Scotland invades northern England and takes over, southern England (with French help) holds out.
Scotland being nationalistic speaks Scottish Gaelic, northern England speaks a Gaelic English mix known as Northumbrian.
southern England speaks mostly what we'd know as English, with more French & Gaelic loan words

 

[fernerdave]

There was a time after the American Revolution, that Congress was debating

whether or not to break completely with Britain. The break would have included making German, and not English, the language of this country.

huh? well at least the debate worked and they realized it would never work,
and i wonder if the fact that britain and japan are islands have anything to do with the languages' borrowing proclivity

 

[Codae]

huh? well at least the debate worked and they realized it would never work,
and i wonder if the fact that britain and japan are islands have anything to do with the languages' borrowing proclivity​

It was actually a vote over whether to release certain government documents in Germans as well as English.​

 

[SRT]

It was actually a vote over whether to release certain government documents in Germans as well as English.

Which makes sense, considering the high population of German immigrants.

Although... Didn't most of them come over in the 19th Century, well after the Revolutionary War?

 

[cerebus]

There was a time after the American Revolution, that Congress was debating
whether or not to break completely with Britain. The break would have included making German, and not English, the language of this country.

This is a myth.

Ok a widely believed myth but still utterly without foundation.