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Re:Native speakers are hard to understand in a lingua franca... by jgwil2 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:47PM (#27230276)
Well, the thing about English being a global lingua franca is that English speakers aren't constantly exposed to another language the way many other people are exposed to English. It isn't fair, but there we are.
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Re:Native speakers are hard to understand in a lingua franca... by Kreotiko on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:49AM (#27233959)
That’s the problem. People think they can get away without knowing languages just because most resources have been translated. They don’t know that they are missing out on a huge portion of information they will never fully understand. The education system is lacking on promoting culture rather than eligibility to work in U.K. and this makes things much worse
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