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You'd think that, but it's not true. Or, people learn it at school which is quite different from being able to convey even basic conversation in it. With a lan
by disordinary 8y ago
You'd think that, but it's not true. Or, people learn it at school which is quite different from being able to convey even basic conversation in it.
With a language if you don't use it you forget it.
- emodendroket 8y agoThere is a good chance whoever you find will have halting, stilted, or limited English. But that's a little different than the situation you'd encounter if you tried, for instance, speaking Japanese outside of Japan.
- disordinary 8y agoMaybe in the cities, but it can still take time and you're often in the street trying to find someone to act as a translator, disrupting their day. It's a completely different proposition if you're somewhere rural.
- emodendroket 8y agoI mean, sure, that's true.