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The Germans are dubbing and they usually speak English quite well. My experience with Italian as well as French don’t like to learn or speak English.
by kapakos 6y ago
The Germans are dubbing and they usually speak English quite well. My experience with Italian as well as French don’t like to learn or speak English.
- dewey 6y agoI think that's also slowly changing as 10-15 years ago everyone was watching dubbed german TV shows on TV while now kids are just on social media with a lot more international content and influencers.
- izietto 6y agoGerman language is much more similar to English language than Italian language
- pizza234 6y agoGermany is a bit more complex, because historically speaking, there has been cultural separation. In my experience: - middle aged people speak an ok english - elderly speak a poor or no english - young people speak a very good one Something also worth considering is, as I've previously mentioned, the exposure to international traffic. In big German cities, there are a lot of foreigners; much less in Italy. Finally, it's correct, as mentioned in a sibling post, that German has (some) roots in the English language. Regarding Italians I've hardly met people who actively refuse (in the sense of "dislike") the language per se, but I can't exclude the option you've mentioned of "cultural laziness". There's a cliche of the French culture being proud of their language, so I can imagine a sort of active refusal in this case.
- wink 6y agoAlso don't forget the east/west split. And while it's been 30 years (oh wow) some Germans who are now as young as 45 had Russian in school and not English.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> that German has (some) roots in the English language. More accurately, English, like German, is a Germanic language. German doesn't have roots in English.