Ice,
The English cannot stand either the French or the Germans. Then again, they're not that keen on the Irish, Scots or Welsh either!
As far as English language goes, it's becoming more standard due to trading with both the UK and US, but more so the latter. In the heady days of empire, other nations were obliged to learn English because a) Britain was the world's largest trading hegemony and b)British people are notoriously reluctant to learn foreign languages. Only the latter is still true, obviously.
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