Anglosphere

<<Contrary to popular believe, a country doesn't have to be a former British colony to join the Commonwealth. ANY country can join.>>

There must be an advantage to joining? I guess this means that the US (only some of which was a former colony) could apply?

Country who join the commonwealth recognize the british queen as their queen. If you want to be a monarchy and pay for the trash of prince Harry, join.

There must be an advantage to joining? I guess this means that the US (only some of which was a former colony) could apply?



It sounds like "la francophonie". A third world country might interesting to join because they must receive funds or something from wealthy English speaking countries. Just my guess...

I have just come from watching 'Hotel Rwanda'. I have left it recording - very disturbing!

What is it about?

Funnily enough, if you see 'Adam's Post' on Rwanda - that is what it is about.

Look up 'Hotel Rwanda' or use the link that Adam provided.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rwanda



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Civil_War

"Country who join the commonwealth recognize the british queen as their queen. If you want to be a monarchy and pay for the trash of prince Harry, join."

Er, no.

The Queen is Head of the Commonwealth but this does not automatically make her the monarch of a member country. India, for example, is still a republic within the Commonwealth.

Now, whoever you are, "republic", get back to your kindergarten class.

The Queen is Head of the Commonwealth but this does not automatically make her the monarch of a member country

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where is the difference, she becomes your queen.

Are you just trying to spout nonesense? By your reasoning then, Ban Ki-Moon is the leader of the US, because he is the Secretary-General of the UN, and the US is a member of the UN.

to be in the anglosphere I think English has to be the primary language not the secondary language.

India has the largest english speaking population I am guessing, but many people don't speak language.

I don't agree. "Anglosphere" doesn't mean Anglo-Saxon country. It has to do with cultural and linguistic influence.

In India, English used to be the official language for government business. That was changed with the introduction of Hindi. However there are going to be a lot of people who do not speak either Hindi or English.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi


The official languages of the Republic of India are Hindi and English; states in India can legislate their own official languages.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_languages_of_India

In late 1964, an attempt was made to expressly provide for an end to the use of English, but it was met with protests from states such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Karnataka, Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh.

Some of these protests also turned violent.


The constitution requires the authoritative text of all laws, including Parliamentary enactments and statutory instruments, to be in English.

The constitution provides that all proceedings in the Supreme Court of India, the country's highest court, shall be in English.

The Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution contains a list of 22 scheduled languages.

Irony or arrogance:

In South America we are rightly taught from a historical perspective that the we are Americans. America is the whole continent and is divided in North, Central and South.

It has become common to us to call the U.S. "America" and their citizens Americans I guess because it is hard to call them Unitedstatesians.
Like we do in South America "Estadounidenses".

Just think how arrogant it can be to me if you call yourself American and I am a South American... It is almost like a Brazilian calling an U.S. citizen a North Brazilian... like I'm in the center and you are north or south of me.

As a matter of fact the first time the name was used was on a map by a German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller and gave the name in honor to Vespucci (thinking that he discovered America) who worked for Spain and Portugal... a map which showed mostly South America.

Here is a photo of the map:

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08Bq1BGfI96fL/610x.jpg

If I am wrong the Americans should start saying the Columbus discover "the Americas"... and not that Columbus discovered America which it wrongly implies the lie that Columbus discovered the U.S.... land that he never set foot... And the name of the Country should be changed to The United States of the Americas.

So I'm sorry for the Italian Americans who celebrate Columbus as a national hero in New York.

This Italian Americans are mostly southern Italians which is like another country for the northern Italians... Columbus was not an Italian citizen, he was a citizen of the city state of Genoa that included some Islands that now belong to France (maybe he spoke Catalan and not an Italian Dialect), if Columbus was born in one of this Islands he would be a Frenchman with an Italian or Genoese last name like Napoleon Bonaparte.

But not even that... the Spanish Americans should celebrate Columbus day since Columbus died a Spanish citizen, and his discoveries benefited and made Spain and not Italy the most powerful nation in the world and the first to say that in my empire the sun never sets (Charles V).

His descendants have served in the Spanish navy for centuries, and his straight descendant right now is the Admiral Cristobal Colón de Carvajal, duke of Veragua.

So my friends... I don't know if it is Power or simply arrogance but history is wrongly written sometimes by the one with with more power, influence, and owner of most of the mass media. Sadly enough too many people learn their history and form their minds through Hollywood.

<<Er, no.

The Queen is Head of the Commonwealth but this does not automatically make her the monarch of a member country. India, for example, is still a republic within the Commonwealth.

Now, whoever you are, "republic", get back to your kindergarten class. >>

Doesn't the UK Monarch still have some powers and authority in the Commonwealth cuontries? I thought the Canadian Governer General recently had to (perhaps reluctantly) get involved in some sort of Canadian political dispute. Doesn't the Monarch appear on (some?) Canadian coins, currency, stamps, etc.

If the US were to join the Commonwealth, it looks like some sort of statutory and constututional changes would be required.

Although in several of the Commonwealth countries, the Queen is the Head of State, (although not Head of Government.), simply being in the Commonwealth gives the Queen no power or authority *at all*. It's simply yhat the Queen is recognized as Head of State and is granted some emergency reserve powers in countries like Canada. Also note that this does not mean that the UK has any authority in any of the countries that share the same Head of State.