Ahh yes the blanket shit on Americans post.
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 20 percent of Americans can converse in two or more languages, compared with 56 percent of Europeans.
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Americans have trouble with any accent that isn't the blandest, nails on chalkboard accent.
Once had one ask me if I was speaking English when I spoke to him (for context I am Irish, the north bit)
Bland and nails on chalkboard? That's like the opposite of bland. Not great, but definitely not bland. Bland is blunt and flat. Nails on chalkboard is shrill, sharp, and grating. I just don't understand how you can believe both at the same time.
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I am dating a man from England and it’s amazing how many people don’t understand his accent. It might just be me getting to know him, but I don’t find his accent (or even tough accents like Irish or Scottish) hard to understand anymore.
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My 3 favorite experiences with language as an American:
(1) My Jamaican coworker who I couldn't understand for the life of me and my Ukrainian coworker who my Jamaican couldn't understand at all, the Ukrainian coworker understood the Jamaican coworker just fine though and I understood my Ukrainian coworker just fine. Basically it turns into a fun game of telephone whenever we need to talk.
(2) My former coworker from Haiti who no one but the hiring manager and I could understand, the best part about this is that I didn't know he had an accent. I just didn't hear it somehow. He was a great guy, he went back home a few years ago when his mother passed. Got stuck due to the pandemic and never came back to the company. I hope he's doing well.
(3) My former coworker from Guatemala insisting English wasn't my first language as to him it sounded like English was my second language at best. I've been working on it since then. I still suck at it.
Um, plenty of Europeans speak 3 or more languages. Native language, language of the country you're living in, and English.
This. I think european and asian should be swapped in this meme. I think its rarer to see asian speak 3 languages than seeing european speak 3 languages
Surely that depends on where in Asia you're looking at as well? On average, the number of languages people speak is quite different between, say, India and Japan. Or Switzerland vs Romania in Europe.
Meh I only speak English and Norwegian. I can (with extreme difficulty) make myself understood in German, but I wouldn't say I "speak German" . Although anyone who speaks Norwegian can also understand Swedish and Danish (not easily in the case of Danish unless it's written).
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Americans: "I Don't think about you guys at all."
You are
Your
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There, their, they're.
American here, I'm going to challenge myself to remember as many as I can.
Set: A group of things that go together.
Set: Letting a dessert cool in the fridge
Set: A stage for a play or film
Set: A command to put something somewhere
Set: A part of Tennis
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5/704 isn't so bad, right?
Edit: looking up the definitions shows a lot of sub-definitions that essentially have the same meaning. I don't think it's appropriate to say that the word has 435 meanings when "set a course" and "set a fire" are basically "start a thing," yet they're listed as different definitions. The are many many of these cases even just on Google's definition blurb.
But I'm no dictionary expert so...
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Excuse me, but as an American I take offense to this meme. I speak 4 languages, English, Southern, Bostonian, and Spanish /s
Oh look, it's the same old reposted garbage meme that I have seen on Reddit hundreds of times.
Oh look, it's the same old reposted garbage comment that I have seen on Reddit hundreds of times.
Oh look, it's the same old comment complaining about another comment that I have seen on Reddit hundreds of times.
idk I've seen this first time, and its hilarious, though agreed I never used Reddit that much
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I'll never understand this attitude that Europeans have towards Americans. I thought we were friends.
North Americans and Europeans are only friends when someone from a different continent is in the room.
They believe themselves superior in every way, including racially. Look up the racist "le 56% face" Nazi memes to see what they think about that.
look up racist memes intentionally
I think I won't thanks
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My theory is they don't like constantly seeing us in their news and entertainment when we rarely see anything at all from their country.
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They can't talk to eagles 🦅 so they don't count that as a language
Just a friendly reminder that bald eagles just sound like noisier seagulls. :)
I remember back in high school there was this Danish foreign exchange student one year, and she would not shut up about how this or that was better in Denmark.
Those kind of people exist anywhere, that isn't tied to any nationality. Guess it stemms from insecurities and chasing some weird need to feel superior about something.
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Go easy on us, our 1% needs to keep us stupid for myriad reasons, mostly to stay in power. Don't worry though, they'll come for you next, wherever you are. Likely selling you on some other enemy or distraction.
Meanwhile, many africans speak 2 languages in their family, a third one for people that don't speak one of theses two and have studied french and english.
So, exactly how it works in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesian.
They speak native local language from their city, other two from other islands, English for international language, sometimes Chinese, Malay, Arabic, Korean, or Japanese. Not to forget the national language, Indonesian.
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这句子绝对不是用 Google翻译 翻译出来的。
Oh wow can't believe I actually remember learning words from 2nd grade. Like long long ago, haven't used that language in over a decade. Somehow I can remember a decade old language I don't even use anymore, but not my Bitwarden password.
面白いね。メキシコがアメリカの近くにあるのに、アメリカの大分がスペイン語を全然はなせないねｗ！私もスペイン語が習いたいけど、日本語もうＰａｉｎｉｎｔｈｅａｓｓだよ！
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Many Americans actually are bilingual or are studying another language to become bilingual.
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German here, speaking english fluently, enough french to get everything done while on vacation in France or Wallony and learning Japanese atm.
So thats what non-Americans do with their free time. We Americans spend it driving sports cars and extracting wealth from other countries.
no you dont XD your government does while you cry
That's why we pay taxes bro. I don't exploit with my own hands so I can enjoy luxury guilt-free.
luxuries like not having free health insurance? XD stay in your lane pal
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Canadian here, I am fluent in English, French and Russian. Currently learning Spanish as well. ~~If I can do it at 15y, you can too~~. Edit: Uyuu pointed out that its actually easier when you are young and I agree.
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Pretending not to know is the preferable choice for me.
Why speak human languages when you can be cat meow nyaaaa meow meow
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