Varieties of English

Well the talk was called, as you probably heard, the future of Englishes. And the important thing is that es ending at the end there, you know, don't fall into the trap of thinking as some people do around the world there is no such word, you know, English does not have a plural, oh yes it does! Englishes is very definitely around. And that word came into being about 10-15 years ago really to reflect the reality of what happens when English becomes a global language. Cos what does happen? You know, as a country takes up the English language and adopts it, it immediately adapts it to suit its circumstances. Because what is language for? Language exists in order for us to talk about what we want to talk about. So what do you want to talk about? Well anything I suppose, the whole world, but you especially want to talk about what's happening in Serbia. Or, whoever’s watching this, your country. And therefore you want to have an English that actually reflects your local interests, your history, the things that happen around you, all the things that you would naturally do in your own language, if you're learning another language as an international language, and you want to be able to talk in that language as well. And so what is happening in English is it goes around the world, becomes global, is up the different countries that have adopted it immediately start to make it there own. They start to shape it and push it in a direction it never was in before.