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[–] Pancito@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Germany has a low English proficiency, tho. Or did it change?

[–] bad_alloc@feddit.de 8 points 10 months ago

Ju meight häf tu diehl whiz ze akzent, but owerall itsch not tu bäd ei sink. :)

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago

Probably region dependent, but the cliche seems to be that when asked, Germans say "they don't speak English very well", while actually having a quite good level (based on what visiting English speakers say, anyway)