[thechat] Most spoken languages in the world

[Sean G.]

Howdy,

People feigning ignorance of English to avoid speaking with you does not
make them lazy, or different from ANY other ethnic group over the last 300
years...

I went to a public university in the US of A with a large number of foreign,
particularly Asian, students.  I found it quite natural that Korean
students, when socializing or studying with their Korean friends, spoke
their native language.  Likewise with the Dominican, Russian, and even
British students.  I didn't encounter anyone who couldn't speak and
understand spoken English, even if it was not their language of first
choice.

However to be accurate, there is one ethnic group that as a group has been
too damn lazy to learn the language of the land--the English.  I'm sure we
can find surveys of how many English-speaking European immigrants have
learned a Native American tongue, and compare that to the numbers of
Spanish-speaking immigrants that have learned English.

I suspect the former number is very close to nil, while the later is closer
to unity than you suspect.


Sean G.


-----Original Message-----
Yeah, only because Hispanics are too damn lazy to learn it, unlike EVERY
single other ethnic group over the last 300 years...

Thanks,
Ron White

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I could (if pushed) dig up the source, but IIRC and
if current trends continue English will be the #2
language in the US in less than 10 years.
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