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* France: 0% proper English, 99.9% French their English is terrîble

• mahkeiro 5y ago
  The ability of a native english speaker to speak any other language than their own is abysmal…
  • string 5y ago
    Not exactly surprising given the ubiquity of the English language. I always find it funny how it's used as a criticism of English speakers. We are no less able to learn other languages, it's just far less of a necessity. I can speak a bit of German, a bit of French, a bit of Japanese, a bit of Lingala, etc. Inevitably whenever I attempt to speak these languages in their native environments, I am spoken to in English. So I can learn them as a hobby but need to far less out of necessity.