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Antibabelic
267 days ago
I've never been to an English-speaking country and yet I'm pretty close to fluent. How come?
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lm28469
267 days ago
English is relatively easy and the default "culture" (games, music, movies, shows, internet, &c.) language for like half of the planet, plus it's mandatory in schools in most of the west.
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Antibabelic
266 days ago
Many people throughout the world certainly do not find it "easy".
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lm28469
266 days ago
Yeah that would be the other half of the planet I mention in my comment.
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