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Many years ago I had the chance to work in a research institute in Ireland. A common line for newcomers who worried about their ability to speak was that we ha
by riffraff 5y ago
Many years ago I had the chance to work in a research institute in Ireland.
A common line for newcomers who worried about their ability to speak was that we had 25 or 35 different nationalities, and the Irish were the only ones having problems communicating in English.
It is pretty obvious if you think about it, and not specific to any language: native speakers of X have to make an effort to speak "international basic X" and they are generally not used to do that.
- tomcooks 5y agoThe Anglosphere covers more than half of the world, being used to deal with other cultures and adapting to that should be taken for granted.
- CGamesPlay 5y agoYou're assuming that all people who speak English are fungible. Someone who's spent their whole life talking to Americans in Ohio is absolutely not going to have experience "toning down" their English to the same degree that someone who grew up speaking with Americans and Latinos in San Diego. So sure, the Anglosphere covers half the globe, but the only relevant part of it is the part that actually interfaces with other languages.
- fomine3 5y agoNot more than half. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglosphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglosphere