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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by ramblerman on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:37AM (#35420340)
Knowing a romance language already helps in picking up another one but I wouldn't say you can communicate easily between Italian and Spanish.

It would be like using your English to converse in Dutch.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by Y_Y on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:13AM (#35421054)
I don't think that's quite fair. I have had Italian-Spanish conversations which were slow but not painful. With Dutch I can often guess what something means when I see it written down but understanding the spoken language is very hard and I can only pick out a few words here and there.
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