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stux⚡️Jun 26, 2023

It's kinda cool to see how fast English has become more of a second language over about one generation or so

For the generation of my parents it's still sort of an 'exotic language' while from my gen(im 30 btw) till now it seems more of a second language many people can understand and express themselves with

Ofc this is just how I perceive it but maybe the coming of the internet did have something to do with it

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@stux I had an impression that most of older generation Dutch are pretty fluent in English. I traveled across Belgium and the Netherlands about 15 years ago and there was never a problem to communicate. In Belgium, lots of TV shows with original English sound. We stayed at a B&B in Antwerpen, the owners were an old couple of a plumber and a school teacher. They spoke English just fine. Currently I work with some Dutch colleagues of ages 25-65, and they all speak English fluently.