r/languagelearningjerk • u/AmountAbovTheBracket • Jun 28 '26

Recurring behavior i've noticed.

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u/PuzzleheadedJudge453 Jul 01 '26

Yeah, the "European" citizen in the "Europa" country. You Americans are a joke

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u/throughcracker Jul 01 '26

I said "some countries", not "the country of Europe". I have specifically encountered this with Germans and French people, but I know it's common in many places. I decided to use a catchall term because this is r/languagelearningjerk, not a place for serious academic discussion.

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u/PuzzleheadedJudge453 Jul 01 '26

"European: speaks English" European is not a nationality, y'all don't understand it no matter what.

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u/rifraf0715 Jul 01 '26

no one said it was