Ever since we've had flags on /pol/ I've seen people from all over the world typing passable English to express complex thoughts. Yet only about 1% of the natives in my country can speak another language to that level. How come third-worlders from places like Estonia, Germany, USA, even Russia can speak such good English? Are you mostly self-taught from watching TV? When I've traveled through Europe, I rarely met people who could speak English well enough to have complex conversations with. Is it a proxy thing or what?
>>56570544
English is the language you need to be successful.
If you're from some shithole, you therefore learn shithole language, but then English on the side because you need it.
If you are born in an anglo country, you learn english, and well.... that's it.
>>56570544
>1%
Look again, Chang.
>>56570689
>PATEL
Oh shit m8
>>56570544
K.. KEEP ME POSTED
>>56570689
oh wow
k.. keep me posted
It's pretty obvious m8.
>Europeans are far more likely to have good English because fluency in a second language over there actually matters.
>Non-European countries are also exposed to a fuckton of American media and pick up some degree of English
>people who don't speak any English just don't post here.
>>56570544
l
#RealNiggaHours
TV, movies, loads of forums are in english, music, etc.
It's incredibly easy to learn English by sheer accessibility and ubiquity. To give you an example, I used to be fluent in french when I was in college. But because it's used next to nowhere, I forgot most of it. Now imagine you learned English. You'd get to practice everyday and almost anywhere.
>>56571093
English is mongrel Dutch. It's easy for us to learn.
>>56570544
It's pretty easy to learn.
>>56570689
I said natives, not Aucklanders.
>>56570780
Will do.
>>56570544
I learned it myself. I've never really had a conversation in english with anyone so I will probably fuck up the first few times and I must have a huge mexican like accent. But in terms of reading, writing and listening, I dont have a problem at all.
ITS FUCKING GOVT BOTS
I could speak english when i was around 10. Video games forced you to learn if you wanted to know what the fuck was going on.
