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What does this European saying tell you about American Education?
Posted on 8/13/16 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 8/13/16 at 6:30 pm
If you know 3 languages you're trilingual
If you know 2 languages you're bilingual
If you know 1 language you're American.
If you know 2 languages you're bilingual
If you know 1 language you're American.
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Posted on 8/13/16 at 6:36 pm to sms151t
It tells me they hate us cuz they ain't us 
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Posted on 8/13/16 at 6:39 pm to sms151t
it means they should thank my grandfather for ensuring that they all didn't end up speaking German.
Posted on 8/13/16 at 6:42 pm to sms151t
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What does this European saying tell you about American Education?
That America is not a small country surrounded by other small countries that speak different languages.
Posted on 8/13/16 at 6:51 pm to sms151t
Funny how Europeans are all about speaking multiple languages, that is until you come to their country and try to speak English.
Posted on 8/13/16 at 7:24 pm to sms151t
frick Europe and frick Europeans
Posted on 8/13/16 at 7:34 pm to sms151t
It tells me theres not much need for Americans to learn another language
Posted on 8/13/16 at 7:47 pm to Supravol22
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frick Europe and frick Europeans
Spoken like a true 'neck. There's nothing wrong with wanting to learn other languages. It's a good thing.
Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:06 pm to Weagle25
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It tells me theres not much need for Americans to learn another language
Bingo. I know a Hungarian who lives in Budapest but works for a Dutch company. They speak english at work.
Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:15 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
Exactly.
If every state in the US spoke a different language, multilingualism would be par for the course here, too.
Not saying that Americans shouldn't try to learn other languages (I can speak a little Spanish and Greek, just not fluently, unfortunately), but when you take the geographic proximity of European nations and juxtapose it with the relatively isolated USA, the language thing makes a lot more sense.
If every state in the US spoke a different language, multilingualism would be par for the course here, too.
Not saying that Americans shouldn't try to learn other languages (I can speak a little Spanish and Greek, just not fluently, unfortunately), but when you take the geographic proximity of European nations and juxtapose it with the relatively isolated USA, the language thing makes a lot more sense.
Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:18 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
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Bingo. I know a Hungarian who lives in Budapest but works for a Dutch company. They speak english at work.
English is the international language. It's required for all international air travel and is almost universal in commerce, as your example shows.
Why? America. Not Britain.
Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:52 pm to sms151t
What language was spoken on the Moon?
Posted on 8/13/16 at 11:37 pm to sms151t
It means I didn't have to learn a second language to talk my way out of an awkward encounter in Paris
Posted on 8/14/16 at 12:52 am to Kentucker
It's also the international language required for the bridge of commercial shipping. English runs the world.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 12:59 am to sms151t
it tells me there is no need for us to know other languages. if each state spoke their own language, like europe, then it would be very common for people here to understand more than one
Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:56 am to sms151t
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If you know 3 languages you're trilingual
If you know 2 languages you're bilingual
If you know 1 language you're American.
I think they may be giving Americans more credit than we deserve. Most of us are still having trouble with the one language.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:58 am to Kentucker
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Why? America. Not Britain.
Debatable. The sheer size of the British Empire spread the English language all over the world, which I think made it easier for English to become such a dominant language. Obviously, America's impact was important as well.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 10:19 am to sms151t
That I wish I knew more languages. But we're at a disadvantage. There's never been a need in day to day life, like there is in Europe.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 12:06 pm to sms151t
mericans be rednecks
Posted on 8/14/16 at 12:16 pm to MIZ_COU
I can walk around Helsinki and not hear Finnish for an entire day.
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