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[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/27/english-language-global-dominance Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet]<br /> | [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/27/english-language-global-dominance Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet]<br /> | ||
And becoming a lingua franca of sorts, or universal language of American western globalism, <mark>just as Koine Greek was the universal language of the Hellenic Period and Byzantine Empire</mark>. English, along with French, Spanish and Madarin Chinese represent enormous evangelistic opportunity for the spread of Orthodoxy to those with "eyes to see and ears to hear". | And becoming a lingua franca of sorts, or universal language of American western globalism, <mark>just as Koine Greek was the universal language of the Hellenic Period and Byzantine Empire</mark>. English, along with French, Spanish and Madarin Chinese represent <mark>enormous evangelistic opportunity</mark> for the spread of Orthodoxy to those with "eyes to see and ears to hear". | ||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[[wikipedia:Lingua_franca|Lingua Franca]] | Wikipedia</span> | <span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[[wikipedia:Lingua_franca|Lingua Franca]] | Wikipedia</span> | ||