• Mesophar@pawb.social
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    9 days ago

    Is there a country, West or otherwise, that reads English a different way? Since it’s written in English.

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      9 days ago

      There are plenty of Arabs/Hebrews/Persians/Pakistani/Japanese/Chinese/Korean who learn English later in life, but don’t necessarily shake off the spoken or written syntax of their native tongue.

      Ask any German about the horrors of Denglish brought over by the English