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I've been told that a lot of Chinese and Japanese prefer to discuss technical or philosophical topics in English or using English vocab, supposedly because thos
by ekm2 13y ago
I've been told that a lot of Chinese and Japanese prefer to discuss technical or philosophical topics in English or using English vocab, supposedly because those languages tend to the concrete rather than the abstractions necessary.
It is probably because it holds more opportunities for jobs in the US.
- gwern 13y agoAre they really going to preferentially talk to each other in English out of a long-term abstract desire to practice their English and get a job in the US? Having gone to university on a campus with a very high proportion of Chinese students, I can tell that even when they're actually in the US, they feel free to use their native languages all the time with each other.