Being English I only speak English, at school they only taught french which I had no interest in; nothing against the french but I don't consider it to be an important global language.
If I was going learn a language now it would be between Russian, Chinese, Brazilian/ Portuguese and German in that order.
Don't a lot of Indians speak (broken) English?
I never have a problem with using translate to reply to people in another language, one of the internet's main uses is to connect with people from around the world.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts bullishmoney👍
May I say something a little rude? French is not an important language; they just think it is! :)
Ahhh, that's terrible, sorry! Anyways, yes, I agree -- the internet is supposed to be about connecting with people around the world. Part of the motivation of why I made this video was that I took exception to what I perceived as "American hubris."
I truly think that our time pushing American hegemony as if it was a God-given right is shortening.
Maybe 200 years ago French was an important language, maybe in 200 years people will say the same for the English/ American language (not that French has ever been as wide spread as English).
On parle Francais encore en beaucoup des pays! L'Algiers, Cameroon, etc... Les milliards se parlez la belle langue.
Mais pas moi. Je ne peut pas parler Francais non plus.
Edit: terrible spehling
Je ne dis pas que le français n'est pas une belle langue, je dis qu'il n'est pas largement utilisé et, par conséquent, pas aussi important que certaines langues des pays plus vastes (et non pas les Englands, un grand comté).
Je ne savais pas que Camaroon parlait français, apprenait quelque chose de nouveau tous les jours
Bien sur!
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that's some fine response.