A myth in Germany states that "German almost became official language of the USA". Actually there was a petition on having the laws written in German beside English, which was rejected by 1 vote.
@Irene I call the English speaking countries the "Anglosphere" family which is a group of countries that speak English and have cultural ties to England and UK, US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are all a part of it, kind of how Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland, and their islands are all part of the Nordics