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French people are rich enough to be proficient English speakers, as are people in Tokyo. Seems like it'll probably work out. I spent about a week in Japan, spl

French people are rich enough to be proficient English speakers, as are people in Tokyo. Seems like it'll probably work out. I spent about a week in Japan, split between Tokyo and Nagasaki, and had no problem, having not even tried to learn any Japanese, except that I couldn't get the right train stop because I couldn't even recognize the characters, much less read them.

missedthecue 4y ago
Apparently Japan has fewer bilingual citizens than even the USA.
- Bilal_io 4y ago
  > than even the USA. The US has a lot of immigrants, so I wouldn't count it as a country with a low percentage of bilinguals.
  - missedthecue 4y ago
    Citizens?
    - Bilal_io 4y ago
      Yes. As of 2020 nearly half of immigrants in the USA are citizens according to Pew Research[0] 0- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/20/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/20/key-finding...
      - missedthecue 4y ago
        So about 6% of Americans are immigrants
todorus 4y ago
The ability to speak English is a function of wealth? Sorry, what?