1525: Conservative use of English in Pakistan Feb 15, 2019

The widespread use of English, especially in legislative purposes, is due in large part to colonialism, though there are some major exceptions such as in the EU. In all overseas territories, there will be a collection of words and phrases that are completely different to that of the home-country, but also some that are conserved. In Pakistan for instance, where English is an official language but also very widespread and prized among average citizens, there is a noticeable influence from the native Urdu, but also plenty of words and phrases conserved from older forms of English like 'into' to mean 'multiplied by' such as in "3 into 3 is 9", or '(in) tension' to refer to nervousness. Overall, this happens in every form of English around the world.

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