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A lot of people only know one language and then theres people in America that know a lot more languages then that

It's not just Americans. People from all English speaking countries are much less likely to be bilingual because English is so common around the world. We can afford to be lazy.

I'm an american tewnager, and I'm fluent in both reading and writing in two languages.

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Some people are just not good at learning languages. It takes an aptitude that some people don't have. I spent four years going through Spanish classes and couldn't pick up much, but a few scattered phrases. I do not have a good grasp of language skills either. Advanced grammar is hard for me. Pronouncing words has always messed me up. Grammar diagrams just confuse me. It is just not my area of expertise. If I absolutely had to, then I suppose I could pick up one or two more things in another language. I would never be able to speak it enough that it would be truly useful to me. Fluency in another language would take me decades. I just don't see the point of taking tons of time for learning languages that I'll never use. I don't intend to move out of the United States of America. If I did, I would move to either Canada or England. My future career doesn't require me to learn other languages. There is really no reason for me to learn something that I will never use.

Also I would think in Germany that people would generally expect people that go outside of tourist areas to have some ability to speak and understand German. A French person wouldn't go to Africa and demand that to be spoken to in French. A Chinese person wouldn't go to Russia and expect things like road signs to be in Chinese. Countries have native languages. It is silly to go to a country, not have a decent concept of the language there, and expect to be able to live there easily. These native languages often have regionally dialects. In the event of more than on country having the same native language, there is often a difference of dialects between them. It is silly to expect a mastery of all dialects of a language. There is also slang which non-native speakers find harder to learn. Slang is in all languages, not just English.

Actually, a French person could go to Africa and expect to be spoken to in French (depending on which country they go to), seeing as French is one of the most spoken languages in Africa. A lot of African countries (particularly in West Africa) are French speaking. Don't talk about Africa as though it is one big country because it is, in fact, a continent. Other than that, you do make an excellent point.

You're right #96. That was quite idiotic of me. I shouldn't post till I'm fully awake and able to remember things like that.

When I was an exchange student in Austria in high school, I was able to answer grammar questions about German better than them. It's definitely the formal learning, since you have to learn the grammar for the intellectual grasp of subtleties of language that you naturally learn in your mother language.

I was just about to put "your kidding me, you're boss sounds like an idiot.". Early bird, friend.

You're right! No other country has people that use slang. Your comment has changed the way that I thought of the world. There is absolutely no slang in other countries and no other language can have mistakes in grammar or spelling. I commend you for enriching my ignorant mind with this knowledge.

#53 Your comment shows your personal love to botch your native tongue.

68 - Messing up the use of "your" and "you're" is NOT slang!

Thank you. This is not about slang. It's about knowing when to use the different homophones. Something you're taught in elementary school. I don't particularly fault the education system. I think the kids just don't pay attention in class.