Farflung English

When I write English, I don't think of England.  For Filipinos, unlike those British colonies, English comes from the USA.  But nowadays, English may have no more nationality.  In ancient times, the origin of English was not just from England, as parts of its vocabulary came from Germanic tribes in Europe, whilst most other parts Latinate.  English is classified as a Germanic language, as you can note that the German "Du bist ein junger Mann" is like "Thou art a young man."

In these postmodern times, we can detach the nationality from a language.