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As an American, I always feel stupid when Europeans apologize for their countrymen's language skills. Sure, French people might not be as good at English as Ger
by pgcj_poster 7y ago
As an American, I always feel stupid when Europeans apologize for their countrymen's language skills. Sure, French people might not be as good at English as Germans, but nevertheless, I've met a significant number of French teenagers who spoke better English than I did French, even though I'd been studying longer (sometimes much longer) than they had.
- adventured 7y agoThere is a strong imbalance there. There are three dozen common languages in Europe. As an American, you stand no chance against that language diversity when it comes to matching up with a given person in Europe who only needs to learn English to match up with you.
- pgcj_poster 7y agoSure, but I don't know even one foreign language as well as similarly-positioned Europeans tend to know English, and neither do most Americans.