▲ 964 ▼ Probably New Zealanders too. (lemmy.ca) submitted 3 years ago by slicktor@lemmy.ca to c/memes@lemmy.ml 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] EndMilkInCrisps@hexbear.net 9 points 3 years ago* (3 children) It's an Anglosphere problem permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It's not a problem, though? Many people learn other languages in the US/Aus/etc. They just don't get a chance to use them, and those skills fade very quickly. I'm sure more people would be fluent in another language if daily life motivated retention. I've studied 3 but only used French for the first time this year in my 40s. I just could never afford to travel until work sent me. It was inevitable that some language would become the most "global." It's not anyone's fault if it also happens to be their native tongue. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Even the Anglophones that live in places where they're in minority refuse to learn the local language. That's the case in Quebec anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago This just sounds like a strange form of prejudice, tbh. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dlhextall@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Yup, same thing in anglo Canada. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 3 years ago It's called the Crackerverse actually. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It's not a problem, though? Many people learn other languages in the US/Aus/etc. They just don't get a chance to use them, and those skills fade very quickly. I'm sure more people would be fluent in another language if daily life motivated retention. I've studied 3 but only used French for the first time this year in my 40s. I just could never afford to travel until work sent me. It was inevitable that some language would become the most "global." It's not anyone's fault if it also happens to be their native tongue. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Even the Anglophones that live in places where they're in minority refuse to learn the local language. That's the case in Quebec anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago This just sounds like a strange form of prejudice, tbh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Even the Anglophones that live in places where they're in minority refuse to learn the local language. That's the case in Quebec anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago This just sounds like a strange form of prejudice, tbh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago This just sounds like a strange form of prejudice, tbh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dlhextall@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Yup, same thing in anglo Canada. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 3 years ago It's called the Crackerverse actually. permalink fedilink source parent
