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Interesting you think that. That is a broad underestimation of European command of the English language.
by unixhero 9y ago
Interesting you think that.
That is a broad underestimation of European command of the English language.
- yorwba 9y agoI think as a broad generalization over European populations, it's fairly accurate. Few people whose job does not require English proficiency are going to come anywhere close to fluency. Of course the subset of the population that is likely to end up on "European Hacker News" would mostly consist of at least part-time English speakers. But then what is going to keep non-European English speakers out of that forum? I don't think HN would look any different if it were hosted in Europe. Any website with mostly English content is going to be dominated by visitors from the US.
- k__ 9y agoIn Germany, maybe. I speak English fairly well, but most people here just understand it when spoken to them, they can't speak it fluently. But in the BeNeLux or Scandinavian countries people speak english rather fluently, even if they don't need it at their jobs.