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Re:Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO by YetAnotherNick on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:40AM (#27993539)
More people learn languages to feel good and for bragging rights than for any actual use.
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Re:Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO by jacquesm on Thursday July 29, 2021 @06:23AM (#27994790)
Bollocks. In Europe you learn languages to be able to go abroad and to at least try to meet strangers halfway. Knowing just your own tongue is rude.
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Re:Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO by Ihatelifebutwe on Thursday July 29, 2021 @11:25AM (#27997638)
In America, plenty learn for fun and status. You can travel thousands of miles in the US and still speak to someone in English making language learning extremely rare.
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