Well if my aunt had bollocks, would she be my uncle? No one will ever really know what language we'd be speaking, because it's impossible to know. Although English has been an evolving language over centuries, so it would take generations to wipe it out. Look at Welsh, for an example closer to home.

We are also the most hated because we were the last world empire that took over through force. There are arguments to be had about the US, but we were the last great conquering empire.

There were other empires that existed at the same time as ours, but not with our military capabilities and worldwide reach. That's it really.

It was only WWII and it's aftermath, that we started handing countries back, so our empire is still within living memory for lots of people around the world.