Comment on People not from English-speaking countries, was it possible to watch cartoons in English subbed?
linearchaos@lemmy.world 7 months agoI traveled through the Netherlands briefly. It’s one of the few places where I’ve ever felt uncomfortable with my English. I’m American, an English is my first language.
The homeless people in Amsterdam have better diction than I do.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Says plenty about the US education system, doesn’t it?
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
I think it says more about the role of English in the world today.
You can travel across a large part of the world only knowing English. It is a Lingua Franca for international trade, even between two countries that don’t speak English.
And along with that, there are local dialects of English that are different an international standard. It is a lot harder to correct the use of a language learned in a community than that you learn from media and education.