Speaking "at least a little bit of English" is far from functional
bilingualism. You being able to buy toiletries is not the same as them
being able to read a press release.
Mark
On 25/01/2008, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 25/01/2008, Mark Williamson
<node.ue(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Okay, still, that stands. A lot less people are
bilingual than you
seem to think.
What are you basing that on? Speaking more than one language isn't
particularly common in English-speaking countries, but elsewhere, it's
pretty much standard in my experience. I've done a fair bit of
travelling and speak only English and a little German, and I've have
rarely had much difficulty - an enormous number of people in the world
speak at least a little English. People whose native language is only
spoken by a small group will very often (probably almost always, but I
don't have the evidence to back that up) also know the language that
is more widely spoken in their country.
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