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> Native English speakers are the world's worst communicators The article makes this claim, but doesn't substantiate it. The content of the article has nothing
by MaxBarraclough 5y ago
> Native English speakers are the world's worst communicators
The article makes this claim, but doesn't substantiate it. The content of the article has nothing to do with a comparative study on communication. Always disappointing to see clickbait from the BBC.
I suggest the title be changed to something like Native English speaker are generally bad at tuning into language variation.
edit I see NikolaeVarius beat me to it.
- jfengel 5y agoI'd suggest "People are generally bad at tuning into language variation." I'm not sure that native English speakers have any particular lock on that. They may get more opportunities to make that mistake, since (a) they're often monolingual, and (b) they're more likely to be speaking to a non-native speaker (what with English being the international language these days). But it's not inherent to either the language or the speakers.
- jessaustin 5y agoPerhaps TFA was written by a native English speaker?