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Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe
Prolly cuz all of dem other countries can fit entirely inside the United States. So instead of learning Spanish and Portuguese and Italian and German, we have to learn to understand Southern English, Mid-western English, Minnesota English, New Yahk English, West Coast English, Inner-City English, English with Indian accents, English with Russian accents, English with Spanish accents, etc.
We are FAR more multi-lingual then people who consider long-distance travel anything over an hour.
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All Canadians learn English and French. Canada is comparable to the US in size.
All Russians learn Russian and English. Five US's can fit into Russia.
Millions of Chinese learn their particular dialect of Chinese, usually another one, and English. China is comparable to the US in size.
All educated people in South America learn their country's variety of Spanish, and English. South America is comparable to the US in size.
Most people in the US learn English - and nothing else, since foreign language is no longer required nationwide in public school. When I went to high school we had to take at least one year of a foreign language. I took two in Spanish, and ended up working with a lot of people who spoke Spanish, so I learned conversational "Spanglish" and can read Spanish fluently. Most people don't bother trying.