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Odoreida

(1,549 posts) Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:25 PM Jun 2020

Listen to world leaders speak English!

Found this amusing.

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Listen to world leaders speak English! (Original Post) Odoreida Jun 2020 OP

But not Trump. He is notable as a world leader who can hardly speak English at all. nt tblue37 Jun 2020 #1

Yeah, pretty bad when the Prez has English as a second language... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #2

Danke!!! elleng Jun 2020 #3

I have a couple of personal anecdotes with language Kali Jun 2020 #4

tblue37

(65,273 posts)

1. But not Trump. He is notable as a world leader who can hardly speak English at all. nt

Reply to Odoreida (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:31 PM

Jun 2020

Wounded Bear

(58,627 posts)

2. Yeah, pretty bad when the Prez has English as a second language...

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:33 PM

Jun 2020

after gibberish.

elleng

(130,856 posts)

3. Danke!!!

Reply to Odoreida (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 04:58 PM

Jun 2020

Kali

(55,007 posts)

4. I have a couple of personal anecdotes with language

Reply to Odoreida (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 05:05 PM

Jun 2020

I have a German friend who met a Hungarian through school and became friends. they communicate in English as niether speaks the other's native language. The German also speaks a little French and Spanish, the Hungarian speaks Italian (and lives there).

when I was young, my family traveled around the north Pacific for a year. my Father had a suit made while we were in Taiwan. they did the transaction and communication in Spanish since the tailor didn't speak English and my Father didn't speak Chinese.

I love to go places and hear lots of languages, but I suck at them. I can get by in Northern Mexico where people tend to speak slower but my Spanish isn't really very good.

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