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Re:Finnish as a world language? by umanwizard on Friday August 26, 2022 @07:27PM (#32613926)
Similarly, English syntax errors - which are extremely common among non-native speakers - usually don’t prevent you from being understood, either.

E.g. “I wondered what did he do” will be understood perfectly by virtually 100% of English speakers, but will immediately mark you as a non-native speaker (the correct form is “I wondered what he did”).

Re:Finnish as a world language? by int_19h on Sunday August 28, 2022 @01:27AM (#32626011)
And, given the sheer number of accents, getting the pronunciation wrong is not that big of a deal either, especially if you do it consistently. Native speakers adapt very quickly.

The real problem is understanding English spoken by those native speakers in all their accents...