[Dewie3]

People in general seem to underestimate how important it can be to speak the same language as a group[1], even when you happen to share another language. If I were to move to another country for many years, I would definitely start learning the most relevant language there. Even if ~98% spoke English.

Being able to speak something like English in some part of the non-English word might make you able to communicate with people there. But that doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be able to have meaningful connections compared to speaking the native tongue.

[1] Like the native language in some country or region.

[thfuran]

If you can't form meaningful connections when you're speaking your native tongue and they aren't, why could you when they are and you aren't?

[Dewie3]

Maybe I'm just bad at it.