And yes that phrasing is deliberate

: P

@wolfman1911 except most swedes actually speak good english

We are taught english starting 2nd grade

So the demand isnt really there

Also, you got me browsing AITA now, and it would be a real crime to not share this one with you guys: https://old.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/ddeqvx/aita_for_lying_about_native_american_history/

You know, that's funny @pussydestroyer

Filipinos are taught English from kindergarten

And yet most still can't speak it fluently

I love that lying is in quotes, considering that the lie she told is that the book of mormon is native american history.

They end up speaking this fucking abomination called Taglish though

The worst part of all that is Filipino politicians have an excuse to speak English all the time

Is it kind of like how you'll hear those random English words in the youtube clips of Indian TV?

Even knowing full well most of their constituents can't understand jackshit of what they're saying

Yeah wolfman

It's cringey as fuck

@Deleted User I think it also has to do with the strong american influence in Swedish media. We are exposed to a lot of american/English speaking shows, movies and music. Ive noticed that southern europpean countries dub all the media (well except music) to their own native language. Their english tend to be really bad in general as well

@pussydestroyer the hilarious thing is it never used to be this way, but shit still didn't take

When I was growing up we used to get anime in JP audio subbed in English

Until people realized that no one could understand the subs and they just gave up and dubbed it in Tagalog

Which was the worst idea anyone could have come up with imo

Obviously there's an issue in either how it's taught or something

@Legalize thank you. Ive put a lot of effort into sounding like Im trying to assimilate

Also the swedish accent is just fucking cringe to begin with

People think its cute but I just hate it

Skratta du

Jag skrattar åt idioter som vägrar lära sig engelska

quick nordic maths

Judging by what pussydestroyer is typing in the chat, I bet she's real good at singing death metal

I dont sing

They don't either.

Lmao

PD is really Skwisgaar Skwigelf

To be fair, the inability to sing didnt stop Robert Francis ORourke from being in a band either

Yeah, but didn't he 'play' an instrument?

Or was he the singer?

He wrote some song about a cow

He also sang "On the road again" with Willie Nelson on stage once

So idk

You know who Kinky Friedman is, right?

He's a country singer that ran a possibly joke campaign for texas governor in 06. I don't remember what it was that he promised exactly, but he said he would give Willie Nelson a position in government related to making pot legal.