r/AmericaBad 2d ago

Meme Americans have small brains apparently

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u/RueUchiha IDAHO 🥔⛰️ 2d ago

If Japaneese was the international buisness language, I am sure we all would know Japaneese too.

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u/UbiSwanky2 2d ago

Exactly everyone speaks English not to be American/English it’s because it’s the language of money.

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u/blackhawk905 NORTH CAROLINA 🛩️ 🌅 2d ago

It's like how French was the language of business for centuries but was superseded by English centuries ago. 

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u/vaccinateyodamkids 2d ago

Is that why it's called lingua franca and not lingua anglia? Or am I just pulling shit out my ass?

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u/The_Dapper_Balrog 2d ago

That is correct!

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u/blackhawk905 NORTH CAROLINA 🛩️ 🌅 1d ago

I believe so

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u/LouisWCWG 1d ago

more like a century but yeah.

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u/mustachedmarauder 1d ago

Also the insane amount of media we "export". And there are several large countries where the primary language is English, US, Canada, UK Ireland, Australia South Africa nee Zealand , And then all of the countrys where English is a second language parts of Europe. Parts of Africa. Almost everywhere you go in the world even in the middle of somewhere like Vietnam or Thailand someone speaks English to an extent.

Some may think it's the "American mindset" being "full of ourselves" it's just that some of us understand that English is a vast language used almost everywhere by educated and non educated people.

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u/mrcrabs6464 OREGON ☔️🦦 1d ago

Yeah, there good reason for America centrism. Most of the scientific research, block buster movies, AAA games(although we share that one with Japan), and importantly military power. Comes from the United States, we are the primary super power of the 21st century. Sure china is getting close economically and militarily but their still no where close to us with pop-culture media.

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u/electr0smith 1d ago

Russia even teaches English as a mandatory second language starting in like the 3rd grade.