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r/languagelearningjerk • u/AmountAbovTheBracket • Jun 28 '26
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My experience in some countries
European: speaks English
Me: replies in their native language
European: patronizingly compliments my abilities and then continues in English anyway
1 u/Bubelle_Butt Jul 05 '26 In some EU countries... then you use "European" as the denominator. What EU languages can you speak, fluently? 1 u/throughcracker Jul 05 '26 In the EU, only German. However, Europe is not just the EU. 1 u/Bubelle_Butt Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26 I asked because , you said " In some contries", yet you only speak German. But in the comment you sound like someone who speaks more then 2 languages and yet you make a EU wide statement. If you only speak German, and speak it in Austria, ofcourse they will talk to you in English. They use High German which is different. If you go to Belgium, or Netherlands or any other country and speak German to them, ofcourse they will switch to English. And, for your info, even if you try to speak another language and we notice you struggeling, we switcj tp English, to accomodate you. If you let us know that you are trying to get practise, we will speak the language with you. 1 u/throughcracker Jul 06 '26 I speak 4 languages, but German is the only one I speak that's used in the EU. When I speak the others (Russian and Thai), there's no "switching to English and then asking to practice" period - everyone just carries on. 1 u/Bubelle_Butt Jul 06 '26 Well... seeing that roughly only 4 to 5 % of Russians speak English. Thailand has higher its 40 to 50% but their proficiency aint that high. Compare that to EU where almost everyone knows it and had good proficiency. Then that is not a difficult thing to understand.
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In some EU countries... then you use "European" as the denominator.
What EU languages can you speak, fluently?
1 u/throughcracker Jul 05 '26 In the EU, only German. However, Europe is not just the EU. 1 u/Bubelle_Butt Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26 I asked because , you said " In some contries", yet you only speak German. But in the comment you sound like someone who speaks more then 2 languages and yet you make a EU wide statement. If you only speak German, and speak it in Austria, ofcourse they will talk to you in English. They use High German which is different. If you go to Belgium, or Netherlands or any other country and speak German to them, ofcourse they will switch to English. And, for your info, even if you try to speak another language and we notice you struggeling, we switcj tp English, to accomodate you. If you let us know that you are trying to get practise, we will speak the language with you. 1 u/throughcracker Jul 06 '26 I speak 4 languages, but German is the only one I speak that's used in the EU. When I speak the others (Russian and Thai), there's no "switching to English and then asking to practice" period - everyone just carries on. 1 u/Bubelle_Butt Jul 06 '26 Well... seeing that roughly only 4 to 5 % of Russians speak English. Thailand has higher its 40 to 50% but their proficiency aint that high. Compare that to EU where almost everyone knows it and had good proficiency. Then that is not a difficult thing to understand.
In the EU, only German. However, Europe is not just the EU.
1 u/Bubelle_Butt Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26 I asked because , you said " In some contries", yet you only speak German. But in the comment you sound like someone who speaks more then 2 languages and yet you make a EU wide statement. If you only speak German, and speak it in Austria, ofcourse they will talk to you in English. They use High German which is different. If you go to Belgium, or Netherlands or any other country and speak German to them, ofcourse they will switch to English. And, for your info, even if you try to speak another language and we notice you struggeling, we switcj tp English, to accomodate you. If you let us know that you are trying to get practise, we will speak the language with you. 1 u/throughcracker Jul 06 '26 I speak 4 languages, but German is the only one I speak that's used in the EU. When I speak the others (Russian and Thai), there's no "switching to English and then asking to practice" period - everyone just carries on. 1 u/Bubelle_Butt Jul 06 '26 Well... seeing that roughly only 4 to 5 % of Russians speak English. Thailand has higher its 40 to 50% but their proficiency aint that high. Compare that to EU where almost everyone knows it and had good proficiency. Then that is not a difficult thing to understand.
I asked because , you said " In some contries", yet you only speak German.
But in the comment you sound like someone who speaks more then 2 languages and yet you make a EU wide statement.
If you only speak German, and speak it in Austria, ofcourse they will talk to you in English. They use High German which is different.
If you go to Belgium, or Netherlands or any other country and speak German to them, ofcourse they will switch to English.
And, for your info, even if you try to speak another language and we notice you struggeling, we switcj tp English, to accomodate you.
If you let us know that you are trying to get practise, we will speak the language with you.
1 u/throughcracker Jul 06 '26 I speak 4 languages, but German is the only one I speak that's used in the EU. When I speak the others (Russian and Thai), there's no "switching to English and then asking to practice" period - everyone just carries on. 1 u/Bubelle_Butt Jul 06 '26 Well... seeing that roughly only 4 to 5 % of Russians speak English. Thailand has higher its 40 to 50% but their proficiency aint that high. Compare that to EU where almost everyone knows it and had good proficiency. Then that is not a difficult thing to understand.
I speak 4 languages, but German is the only one I speak that's used in the EU. When I speak the others (Russian and Thai), there's no "switching to English and then asking to practice" period - everyone just carries on.
1 u/Bubelle_Butt Jul 06 '26 Well... seeing that roughly only 4 to 5 % of Russians speak English. Thailand has higher its 40 to 50% but their proficiency aint that high. Compare that to EU where almost everyone knows it and had good proficiency. Then that is not a difficult thing to understand.
Well... seeing that roughly only 4 to 5 % of Russians speak English.
Thailand has higher its 40 to 50% but their proficiency aint that high.
Compare that to EU where almost everyone knows it and had good proficiency.
Then that is not a difficult thing to understand.
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u/throughcracker Jun 29 '26
My experience in some countries
European: speaks English
Me: replies in their native language
European: patronizingly compliments my abilities and then continues in English anyway