● There may be a critical number or critical distribution of speakers (analogous to the notion of critical mass in nuclear physics) beyond which it proves impossible for any single group or alliance to stop its growth, or even influence its future. [3, p.190 ] A lot of consider "English is truly the world language." English seems to be emerging, if it has not already arrived, as a global language. If this were to become official it would reduce the number of mistranslations. It would make communication across cultures much easier. Language may be a cornerstone of culture, but the culture itself would not have to disappear if English were used as the second or third language for the pure purpose of communicating globally. "English is the only language used in international air traffic control and is virtually the only language of a whole range of other activities from scientific research to pop music
impression of extra ear-flaps. In addition to variations on a general theme, there are two distinct ear shapes - folded forwards and curved backwards. Both mutations (or very similar mutations) have occurred more than once. FOLDED EARS The Sumxu (Chinese Lop) is now regarded as extinct, but was once found in the area around Peking, China. Descriptions of the Sumxu as longhaired cats with glossy black or yellow coats and pendulous ears derive from a series of mistranslations and the confusion of two entirely different animals! A Polish Jesuit missionary to south China, Michael Boym (ca. 1612-1659), first described the Sumxu in his illustrated book Flora Sinensis (1656) in which he also described Chinese fauna. "Sum Xu" was the Portuguese rendering of songshu, meaning "pine rat". Though Boym's illustration resembles a squirrel, the description indicates the Yellow Throated Marten (Martes flavigula) found in the region. Boym wrote that the
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