Re:Why Is Europe Failing to Create More $1B Startups?
by dragonwriter on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @12:50PM
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> I don't understand why Europeans stick to their local languages when they all know English anyway.
Because the local language is a majority language where it is the local language, and, globally, every language is a minority language (and English isn't even the biggest minority -- its #2, far behind Mandarin, for total speakers, and #3, behind Spanish which is far behind Mandarin, for native speakers.)
Because the local language is a majority language where it is the local language, and, globally, every language is a minority language (and English isn't even the biggest minority -- its #2, far behind Mandarin, for total speakers, and #3, behind Spanish which is far behind Mandarin, for native speakers.)