Submitted 5 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Hop on a 6 hour flight, or drive for 40 hours from most countries and you’ll likely find yourself in a place that speaks an entirely different language. In America all that gets you is someone who has a different kind of twang in their voice.
Not saying it’s right to make that assumption but it’s definitely understandable why people do.
Probably because if your business is based around profiting from American tourists, you’re probably going to need to know some English. It seems to me like when money is involved people tend to find a way to communicate what they need to regardless of what languages they share, though. And obviously this does not excuse rude tourists.
Or tourists in general. I’m Estonian. Loads of Estonians go to Thailand. I doubt any of them speak Thai. Most speak English to some degree.
Because they have no official language so any language can be used in the US
Is this sign in the US or Thailand? If it’s US there is no excuse. If it’s Thailand then speak Thai or stfu.
Judging by the foliage I’d guess Thailand over the US
Because they often do. And most non native speakers really work at it too. Love them for it
Imagine a world where everybody speaks the same language.
Also, I wonder how long it would take for the language to morph regionally to become all new languages.
Not a justification, but part of the reason is that English is currently the world’s [lingua franca](English is the current en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca).
We should fix that. Everyone start learning Esperanto.
I’m not sure if this is a bait or serious
They don’t, but enough do that it’s worth noting.
OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I’ve been to Thailand. It’s not the Americans that are complaining, it’s the British and the Australians, both of which also speak English.
Why are you jumping to Americans?