The English Language & Americanisms (video)

Editor's note: the Fourth of July is celebrated as Independence Day in the U.S., commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776. But the 'Americans' who revolted (predominantly English men and women then living in the 13 original colonies), also kept their mother tongue, which continued to flourish and prosper, in the U.S., and throughout the world.

The "Grand Union Flag" which served as the U.S. national flag from 1776 to 1777:

The Grand Union Flag is considered to be the first national flag of the United States. The design consisted of 13 stripes, red and white, representing the original Thirteen Colonies, the canton on the upper left-hand corner bearing the British Union Flag, the red cross of St. George of England with the white cross of St. Andrew of Scotland. The flag was first flown on December 2, 1775, by John Paul Jones (then a Continental Navy lieutenant), on the ship Alfred in Philadelphia.

The English Language and Americanisms

The Economist's language expert, Lane Greene, knows a thing or two about English. Lane is a fan of words, lots of words, and Lane is an American living in London. He's become accustomed to British English slang. But Lane often hears Britons complain that there are too many American words and expressions creeping into British English, these are called Americanisms. The Economist.com video above first published Nov 23, 2017.

English is the largest language in the world, if you count both native and non-native speakers. If you count only native speakers, Mandarin Chinese is the largest. https://t.co/Yrso3BrPY5 pic.twitter.com/45Pm0KGwPA

— Ethnologue (@theEthnologue) October 2, 2018

About two billion people study English as a non-native language - that's nearly one in three people worldwide. There are more English speakers (native + non-native) worldwide, than of any other language in the world today. As a result, unlike the other major languages in the world today, non-native speakers of English far outnumber native speakers!

The country with the largest number of English speakers (native + non-native) is India, where English is an additional official language for government work along with Hindi. The total population of India will surpass China by 2024.

The UK government classifies the following countries as majority native English speaking: Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; The Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Canada; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Ireland; Jamaica; New Zealand; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; United Kingdom; United States of America.

The countries that have the best proficiency in English as a second language:

source: statista.com

See also:

• Why English Dominates the Web: Native & Non-Native English Speakers

• English and Technology

• Why English will still be important to Europe in a post-Brexit world | europeanceo.com: "... The rise of Euro-English ... English [is] the most commonly spoken second language in the vast majority of EU countries ..."

• Map: Language Difficulty Ranking For English Speakers

• The English-Speaking Union of the United States

It's always nice when a movie review makes a reference to Shakespeare => ‘The Lion King’ feels way more like ‘Hamlet’ this time — and that’s why it’s so good https://t.co/UCOZLUb4RB via @washingtonpost

— The English-Speaking Union of The United States (@ESU_US) July 22, 2019

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YAHOO $YHOO Q2 2016 Earnings, Webcast Monday July 18, 5:30pm ET

YAHOO $YHOO Q2 2016 Earnings, Webcast Monday July 18, 5:30pm ET:

Yahoo's (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer on Q2 2016 Results - Earnings Call Transcript | SeekingAlpha.com

Marissa Mayer was appointed President and CEO of Yahoo! effective July 17, 2012, and
since July 20, 2012, Yahoo shares (NASDAQ: YHOO) are UP 137% as of July 15, 2016.

Yahoo reports Q2 2016 earnings results, Monday, July 18, 2016, after the market close, LIVE webcast at 5:30 pm ET: https://finance.yahoo.com/topics/yahoo-q2-2016-earnings. The webcast video will be archived after the event at https://investor.yahoo.net/ and will be available for 90 days following the LIVE broadcast.

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UPDATE: Yahoo Q2 2016 earnings release-- EPS of $0.09 misses consensus estimates by $0.01, revenue of $1.3B (+4.8% Y/Y) beats by $220M--

Our second quarter GAAP revenue and Cost of revenue - TAC were impacted by a required change in revenue presentation related to the Eleventh Amendment to the Microsoft Search Agreement ("Change in Revenue Presentation," as discussed below). Specifically, $252 million of GAAP revenue and Cost of revenue - TAC for the second quarter of 2016 was due to the Change in Revenue Presentation. Excluding the impact of this change, GAAP revenue would have been $1,055 million, a 15 percent decline from the second quarter of 2015, and Cost of revenue - TAC would have been $214 million, a 7 percent increase from the second quarter of 2015.--Yahoo Q2 2016 release

Yahoo Q2 2016 earnings release:

Preview:

• Yahoo! (YHOO) Auction Comes to an End: "Yahoo!'s (YHOO) final bids are due Monday, July 18, after a drawn-out auction and the company's board is set to make a decision as to who wins the bid soon after, Bloomberg TV's David Guru reported on "Bloomberg Markets" citing a New York Times report. Verizon (VZ), AT&T (T), and Quicken Loans' founder Dan Gilbert are expected to make a bid on Yahoo that range between $3 billion to $6 billion depending on what assets are accounted for in the bids, Bloomberg TV Emily Chang said. It is assumed the companies are bidding for Yahoo's core assets, which include search, emails, media, and advertising, she said. "It's very unclear what exact company is bidding for what, and what ..."
• As it nears sale, Yahoo's earnings likely to reveal continued decline: "Despite Yahoo's (NASDAQ: YHOO) not-so-sunny outlook, some analysts believe its impending sale will affect its stock price more than its current revenue ... Though Yahoo is nowhere near its heyday, it still boasts a robust media sector , and is one of the top trafficked online destinations. Yahoo has also made moves to build up its advertising business, though some have argued that its facing massive ad fraud issues . It could make it attractive to a company like Verizon, which needs more media content to make itself an advertising powerhouse. Analysts estimate that the company will report revenue of $1.08 billion, and 10 cents per share, according to Thompson Reuters."
• Yahoo Q2 earnings preview | BusinessInsider.com: "Mavens [mobile, video, native, social] revenue will once again be under the spotlight come Monday, when Yahoo reports its second-quarter earnings. Another slowdown will be a serious blow to Yahoo and Mayer's legacy as CEO, as Mavens has been one of the few bright spots during her three-year tenure. It could also send Yahoo stock down as the company's other legacy businesses have already been in decline for years now."

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Why English Dominates the Web: Native & Non-Native English Speakers

Almost 55 percent of the top 10 million websites on the web are in English (chart below). The English language clearly dominates the internet. Globally, although Chinese has the most first language speakers, only 2.2% of the top 10 million websites in the world are in Chinese. Why? 
(1) There are more English speakers in the world than Chinese (see text further below);
(2) China lags behind most of the developed world in (a) internet freedom, and (b) GNI per capita--see text further below chart: 


Source: Statista.

1. Note the chart above gives only first-language speaker totals, which is misleading--see Domain Mondo: Countries With Best Non-native English Speakers: "Linguist David Crystal estimates that non-native English speakers now outnumber native [first language] speakers by a ratio of 3 to 1 in the world"--applying Crystal's ratio to the data above, first (native) and second (non-native) language English speakers together total 1.44 billion people, which exceeds all Chinese (first and second language) speakers globally according to the data available.

2. See on Domain Mondo: Domain Name Registrations and the Global Internet Population: "There is a significant positive correlation between a nation’s rank in Gross National Income (GNI) per capita, and the number of domain names per Internet user. A nation’s ranked position by GNI per capita explains about 50% of the variance in its ranking by number of domain names per Internet user. Another correlating factor is the absence or prevalence of internet censorship or internet freedom in each nation" (emphasis added).  In both internet freedom and GNI per capita, China lags behind most of the developed world.

With India (where English is an official language) having the most people who read or speak English (native and non-native) of any nation in the world, and China having the largest number of students studying English as a second language in the world, expect the continuing pre-eminence of English globally, and on the internet, well into the 21st Century.

See also: Countries With Best Non-native English Speakers

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Yahoo Q2 2015 Earnings, LIVE Webcast, 5pm ET July 21 Replay

UPDATE (July 23, 2015): As discussed on the Q2 2015 earnings webcast, Yahoo has filed with the SEC to spin-off its Alibaba holdings into a new, independent entity: Aabaco Holdings, Inc. More information may be obtained from the SEC filings:

• SEC Filing: Form 8-K (July 17, 2015) "... Under the spin-off plan announced on January 27, 2015, Yahoo plans to distribute all of the outstanding shares of Aabaco Holdings pro rata to its shareholders. Immediately after the spin-off, Aabaco Holdings will own approximately 384 million shares of Alibaba Group, representing an ownership interest of approximately 15% in Alibaba Group, and a 100% ownership interest in a newly formed entity which will own Yahoo Small Business..."
• Form N-2: Preliminary Information Statement dated July 17, 2015
• SEC Filing: Form 8-K (July 21, 2015)

Yahoo Q2 2015 Earnings webcast above (replay).
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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today, July 21, 2015, reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. (press release)

"I'm extremely pleased with our achievements in Q2, with revenue growing 15% year-over-year, marking our most substantial GAAP revenue growth in almost 9 years," said Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo. "Our Mavens investment businesses across mobile, video, native and social grew to nearly $400 million in revenue this quarter, delivering 60% GAAP growth year-over-year. Further, our display business saw the most substantial revenue growth since 2010. Yahoo's transformation continues to make great progress."

Business Highlights--
Search:

• Over the past year, Yahoo's search presence has steadily grown through innovation and partnerships with industry leaders. In Q2, Yahoo introduced a new mobile search experience in the U.S. that connects users immediately to the people, places and things they care about by using context and location cues to deliver the most relevant search results.

Communications:

• In Q2, Yahoo delivered several new features in Mail including Yahoo Mail on Firefox Share which allows users to instantly share web pages when using Firefox; integration of Twitter and LinkedIn information in Contacts; and the addition of breaking news notifications to the Mail news feed tab.

Digital Content:

• In July, the Company launched Daily Fantasy, now available in the Yahoo Fantasy app, giving users the chance to win money every day with new fantasy lineups.
• Yahoo announced a partnership with the NFL to live stream an International Series Game between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars from London this fall.
• Yahoo launched new daily live finance, news and entertainment programming including Ultimate DJ, a global Electronic Music competition-style live series that is executive produced by Simon Cowell. The Company also announced 14 new shows across Yahoo's digital magazine channels including Riding Shotgun with Michelle Rodriguez.
• In Q2, Live Nation and Yahoo continued their partnership by kicking off a music festival live stream series to bring artists' performances from this year's most anticipated music festivals to our global audience.

Ad Technology:

• Yahoo announced the availability of independent viewability and fraud measurement for display and video advertising across the Company's programmatic buying platform, including Yahoo Properties. Advertisers can now choose from leading accredited, third-party measurement solutions to independently validate for viewability and fraud across display and video at every stage of the campaign lifecycle.
• Yahoo introduced new powerful formats to help advertisers reach their audiences: native video and video app-install ads. With native video ads, brand content can be as compelling as video while beautifully integrated into other experiences on Yahoo's homepage, digital magazines and apps. For marketers and developers looking to drive installs, the Company now offers a format that combines the engagement of video and the performance of install ads.

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