@igel Germany was the 2nd most spoken language in America at the turn of the century. Cincinnati still has a huge German influence on housing and architecture. Most were shammed out of speaking it in public after WWI and II and it faded in America, sadly.
@djsumdog@hitchhiker.social I know. This doesnt change anything about these statistics though. English was never part of core german culture before WW2 ended
@pasture@gamers.exposed @djsumdog@hitchhiker.social you actually think this would be flipped of germany had won? 70% of americans being able to speak german? Nah man, no chance
@pasture@gamers.exposed @djsumdog@hitchhiker.social I'm not. Im talking about language acquisition statistics. And we have germany with 70% vs the US which only has 30%.
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This mostly. The more important your native language, the less you need to learn a second or even a third one.
TBH, I'd rather people learned other languages because they like to, and not because of necessity. Romanians are expected to learn 2 foreign languages during school, because it is thought you need them. But the only people I see that are any good at them are the ones that liked learning them. Yet everyone puts English & French on their CVs just the same, so you'll have no idea if you can count on their skills or not. If people weren't forced into learning them, at least you wouldn't have them clutter up their CVs with things they don't really know.
