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[-] uienia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Again, you are completely missing the point of the internet and English usage on it. People are using English as a lingua franca. There are a lot more non-native English speakers on the internet than native English speakers.

So no, odds are not that it is an American you are speaking to, just because that person speaks English. You are literally regurgitating the fallacy that OP is about.

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

lingua franca

I love that the real lingua franca, a term from both Latin and Greek roots, literally meaning the language of the Franks (French) is English. Plus, also, fuck you Esperanto!

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

We should really be counting English literate people, since nobody here is talking, and literacy is more reading/writing.

Literacy is pretty broad too. It doesn't imply that it's your native language, nor if you can speak the language (whether you can do that very well or not).

Literacy is going to be a bonefide requirement for most of the internet, with some exceptions, like text to speech and speech recognition stuff, people with disabilities who may not be able to see properly or at all.... Stuff like that.

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