Is the English language too powerful?
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For one, official data often do not pick up the fact that English is almost universally the second language in most countries. In today’s society, “bilingual” is usually taken to mean fluency in the home language and English. Thus when strangers from different countries meet for the first time, the
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- For one, official data often do not pick up the fact that English is almost universally the second language in most countries. In today’s society, “bilingual” is usually taken to mean fluency in the home language and English.
- Thus when strangers from different countries meet for the first time, the instinct is to ask the other party if they speak English.
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