Thursday, April 23, 2026

Storied explains 'How English Took Over the World' for English Language Day

Happy Talk Like Shakespeare Day and English Language Day! I'm celebrating by sharing Otherwords on PBS Storied explaining How English Took Over the World.

How did English become the most spoken language on the planet, and why are there so many varieties of English?
Dr. B underplayed the role of British colonialism in her explanation, concentrating instead on American economic and cultural power helping to dethrone French as the language of diplomacy. Still, it works.

Storied uploaded the above on April 20, 2023, the same week as English Language Day. I'm also returning to 2023 for National Day Calendar's Talk Like Shakespeare Day | April 23.

William Shakespeare (April 1564-April 23, 1616) is the author of some of the world’s most celebrated plays and poems. In 2016, we honored the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death. What better way to celebrate his life and art than to speak like the poet and playwright.
It was about time I embedded National Day Calendar's video for today.

Since today is a Throwback Thursday, I'm making this entry a retrospective. Follow over the jump for the most active posts on Instagram about holidays during the 15th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News.


A funeral for the penny, an airing of grievances for Festivus was one of the most active shares across three social media platforms. It earned 39 views (second most for December 2025), 5 likes (tied most for the year and month), and 2 comments (most for the month and tied for third most for the year) on Instagram. It earned 94 views (third most for the month and year), reached 61 users (third most for the month and year), and had 3 interactions, including 2 likes (second most for the month) and 1 share on Facebook. Finally, it elicited 7 replies in 1 thread (most for the year) and 1 like on Bluesky. All that, and it didn't even break 100 page views on the blog during December 2025!


Broken Peach rocks out to Metallica and Talking Heads for Halloween earned 2 comments (most for the month of November 2025). This was on top of the 2 comments and 1 like during October 2025 for 4 comments total (most for the year) on Instagram.

That's a wrap for today's evergreen educational holiday entry. Stay tuned as I resume covering nominees at the News & Doc Emmy Awards for Flashback Friday on Arbor Day.

Previous posts in this series Previous retrospectives about holidays. Previous retrospectives about top Instagram and Threads shares
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