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I hear equal amounts of Mandarin, Hindi, and Portugese around my current lab. Honestly, the people least likely to speak their native tongue are the few Germans
by ImaCake 7y ago
I hear equal amounts of Mandarin, Hindi, and Portugese around my current lab. Honestly, the people least likely to speak their native tongue are the few Germans floating around. So my personal experience is closer to yours than that expressed in the original article.
- zaarn 7y agoGermans (stereotypically) prefer to speak English poorly over speaking German if there is the possibility that a non-German listener might be interested, the other's German is not 100% perfect or the other is a german wanting to learn english.