Mubelotix@jlai.lu to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoEurope's English Skillsjlai.luimagemessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1414arrow-down112
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minus-squarermuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·2 months agoWhenever a few Europeans from different countries come together, there’s a joke that inevitably gets told: Someone who speaks many languages is multilingual. Someone who speaks two languages is bilingual. Someone who speaks one language is English.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoThat’s what happens when your language becomes popular enough to become the lingua franca. It would be the same for any other language.
Whenever a few Europeans from different countries come together, there’s a joke that inevitably gets told:
Someone who speaks many languages is multilingual. Someone who speaks two languages is bilingual. Someone who speaks one language is English.
That’s what happens when your language becomes popular enough to become the lingua franca. It would be the same for any other language.
It’s hard, but true.