Yea there's nothing wrong with just being able to speak the standard language across the world. Everyone should be able to speak English
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Americans can't even speak english properly....
Basically the equivalent to learning english in the slums.
It's pretty hard to learn another language as an American unless you're able to travel to a place where that is used. I wasn't even allowed to take a foreign language class when I was in high school because I scored too poorly on English in grade school (from not doing homework, not because of aptitude). I haven't really had a need for it in my adult life either other than like 3 times where I had Spanish speaking customers when I worked at in retail and we still managed to overcome the language barrier.
I don't get the downvotes here. Learning a language is not easy without immersion. Yes you can bang through literature and even multiple courses... but without frequent use our brains simply lose the connection. Neurons that fire together wire together. This goes doubly for speech.
Many Americans (most?) are taught a second language in school but the lack of places to use it sees this education go to waste. The US is a large country with pockets of ethnic groups throughout - but as far as immersion with another language goes... it is sorely lacking.
It's unfortunate but a reality.
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In my experience Americans find it cool when they hear another language, Anglo-Canadians though, they don't realize how racist they are towards French-Canadians and hate their language with a passion.
French-Canadians, on the other hand, fully realize how racist they are towards Anglo-Canadians and hate their language with a passion.
They do that by bending backwards and talking English whenever there's an Anglophone present no matter if they're the only one in a group of ten that doesn't speak French fluently 👍
They do that by having the biggest college and university in Quebec be English ones (the latter being the third richest in Canada) 👍
They do that by being more bilingual 👍
They do that by never having prevented them from going to learn their language in school contrary to what happened to French Canadians outside Quebec 👍
Fucking French Canadians and their hate for the english language! Truly they're bigots all of them!
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Do you people just invent these problems because you hate Americans? Like... How do you come up with this garbage propaganda? Are you just reposting from tankie run bots designed to sow discord?
To be fair, 95% of people on that continent speak one or more of three languages. And those three languages (English, Spanish, French) are among the most widely spoken languages in the world.
This isn't true of anyone I've ever known, and i believe it isn't true for the majority of Americans. I believe it's a loudly vocal minority who get angry at people speaking other languages
Dear sir/madam, this is a meme.
Exaggeration for comedic effect is not a crime.
lmfao evidently a meme that makes people very angry. 15+ downvotes. fuckin americans man. you guys truly fucking hate each other. good job! great culture, just the best stuff... totally worth fighting for, and definitely worth inflicting on the rest of the world, buncha bitches
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"language"
Imagine hating on someone's language...
Imagine a different trope than "Imagine....."
Also other Americans when given the chance: Grassyes.
In the UK we say "grassy arse" because it sounds like "arse", which is a rude word