Comment on Bit harsh?

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If we had a different language in each state there would be a lot more Americans who spoke several.

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  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    America has 300 different answers for “what language do you speak at home with family”.

    Three hundred.

    You could have 6 different languages per state, with no overlap, just by shuffling people around.

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    • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah and there are people that speak Basque in Spain. However, you won’t find many that are not Basque speaking that language. The Basque speakers all mostly speak Spanish.

      Same thing in the US. Sure there are people that speak 300 languages, but the majority speak English. They are also spread out.

      Only major exception would be Spanish

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      • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And even in the US there are a pretty good amount of native English speakers who have learned Spanish for this reason.

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    • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True, but that’s out of a nation of 350 million people.

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    • muzzle@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, I understand the spirit, but that’s bit too close to ethnic cleansing.

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You have a different language in each house. If you want to learn or practice a new language, you’ll find speakers in any community.

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    • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I already don’t talk to the people who speak my language.

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      • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You could not talk to them in so many more languages! I hear Finnish is particularly good for bot talki g to people.

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  • wieson@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You have at least one Native American language in most states.

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• oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sense of wonder from discovering how different people from different places think similarly or differently of the same experiences, or different experiences you never thought about.
  Otherwise, maybe trying to interact with the immigrants probably covering the essential jobs in his small town that nobody else wants to do.

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  • grte@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, I’m sure some percentage of people who learn a language use it for that reason. But the vast, vast majority of time someone learns a another language it’s going to be because they expect to use it, I imagine.

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    • oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, I was giving another idea in case there is not expected use.

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  • Sunshine@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    immigrants probably covering the essential jobs in his small town that nobody else wants to do.

    I heard from others say “they’re not your tutor” and they just switch back to English with me 😭

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    • oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It will depend on the people and how you approach them, some will be happy to learn your interest, some will expect that it goes both ways and some will not want to be bothered. That’s just normal human things.

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• velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What value does a foreign language have for Bob, who lives in the middle of the country?

  I learned two languages in school, have never used either one with a native speaker of that language.

  We have a huge population of spanish speaking people here.

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• IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t understand this post or why you said “Lean”. Can someone explain? :(

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  • Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    You might notice the word “lean” somewhere up there. That’s a typo that OOP unintentionally & ironically made while mocking people for their perceived linguistics shortcomings.

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  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The post says “lean” instead of “learn”.

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