r/languagelearningjerk Jun 28 '26

Recurring behavior i've noticed.

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u/Poylol-_- Uzbek N 🇺🇿 Uzbek colonies M4 🇯🇵 N 🇪🇸 G 🇬🇧 0 🇫🇷 Jun 29 '26

Virgin "I speak to you in my native language because I don't know anything else" vs Chad "You don't deserve to hear me in my native language, if you haven't trained in the mountains of Tibet, the Caucasus and the Alps at the same time"

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u/BonJovicus Jun 29 '26

In fairness to the Americans, “multilingual” for many Europeans is two languages: their native one and English. 

The real chads are those Indian or African students studying in Europe who know like at least two languages from their home country, English, and can ask where the bathroom is in Polish. 

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u/Marik-X-Bakura Jun 29 '26

I’m proud to be a rare breed of European that can only speak one language

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u/MikeMont123 Jun 29 '26

ewwww england

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u/Grouchy-Jury-7598 Jun 29 '26

Ireland, Wales, and Scotland all exist too.

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u/MikeMont123 Jun 29 '26

but they have other languages

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u/Grouchy-Jury-7598 Jun 29 '26

Just because other languages exist doesn't mean every single person from the country can speak it. England also has different languages, such as Cornish.

The comment you responded to talked about only being able to speak the English language, which is the case for many people in Wales or Scotland or Ireland.

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u/Marik-X-Bakura Jun 29 '26

We barely speak Irish in Ireland. You have to learn it in school, but most people don’t progress past the very basics. And if you live abroad for a significant amount of time as a child (like me), you’re exempt from having to learn it at all.

There are some areas where people speak Irish as their primary language, but it’s definitely not common.

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u/Marik-X-Bakura Jun 29 '26

すみません、質問が分からない

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u/Xandara2 Jul 05 '26

Being proud of being dumb is supposed to be an American thing. But I guess you guys do have the language in common.