• Krauerking@lemy.lol
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    20 days ago

    Because western imperialism from English speaking countries has been around for at least 500 years and it’s given lots of countries time to learn it.

    But also I make sure to know how to introduce myself and ask if they speak English in basically every language I interact with as to not start with it. And then I have conversational understanding of about 7 languages.

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      20 days ago

      I would say the English language supremacy started around 300 years ago, before that the preferred language was french

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      20 days ago

      I’m enjoying hearing the stories about African slag infiltrating France and how the olds there are freaking out.

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          20 days ago

          Historical though, the French had many colonies in Africa. That’s why many parts of Africa already speak French, or at least their own dialectic of it.