Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Speaking fluent English is such a privilege in the present day. King of languages. I speak a few other languages but I can’t say any of them are nearly as useful. Persian would’ve been useful 200 years ago but now it’s basically something to impress people at parties. The fact that almost everyone in Europe seems to speak English has also demotivated me from learning other European languages even though some are beautiful on their own terms. I can understand French I just don’t feel a pressing need to finish studying it.
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phil
@phil
the american curse
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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Indeed…this is why so many Americans probably are monolingual
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phil
@phil
no question every time i try to use another language in europe, they look at me, roll their eyes, and switch to english
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Kristin Piljay ツ
@kristinpiljay
After many years and living in France and also Quebec, I do meet people sometimes where my French is better than their English. Took a while though. 😂
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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Same experience; so demotivating one wonders what’s the point. I forgot to add as well even many foreign languages are becoming increasingly permeated with English words or even rendering themselves in English text now.
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llamafacts
@llamafacts.eth
Try traveling to small unknown villages. You'll be forced to use whatever knowledge you have of the local language
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Tahrah Ⓜ️🔵🎩 🎭
@tahrah
This is funny but true… How many languages do you speak ?
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