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[–] DirtyCNC@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Europeans speak 1.5~2.5 languages each

US Americans seem like 0.8 with phrases like could care less or your a dick.

[–] mob@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tbh 21.6% of Americans being bilingual is way better than I would have guessed. It makes sense that Europeans speak more languages. If each of our states spoke different languages rather than English being a national language, I'd imagine our numbers would be a lot higher.

https://preply.com/en/blog/bilingualism-statistics/

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just a screenshot from your source: lol wut

[–] mob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those COVID lockups caused a population boom that the Boomers can't even fathom

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Cumsocks 👏 are 👏 people 👏

[–] PastaGorgonzola@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Looking at the source data: this relates to people whose primary language isn't English. I'd love to see a comparison to people who speak English as a first language.