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r�is�n_dubh

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37. Brits are piss poor at languages

Reply to swong19104 (Reply #13)

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 01:19 AM

Sep 2025

I don’t know a single white British person who speaks a second language, unless they have family members who do. Not one. The only exceptions to this are three academics who work on Latin America and Germany. Even my academic colleagues are profoundly monolingual.

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I would imagine that swong19104 Sep 2025 #13

Brits are piss poor at languages r�is�n_dubh Sep 2025 #37

Maybe Trump might get a Nobel Peace Prize swong19104 Sep 2025 #12

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