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Originally Posted by polak
People who are native English speakers that don't know any other languages take for granted just how lucky they are to be born in a place that speaks the Lingua Franca.
If you live in the western world, you either learn English or spend most of your life piecing together bits and pieces or hoping for a translation in pretty much anything you do.
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Was at one time Greek, Latin,French, Spanish...
Times change, language of commerce change as well.
May have to learn Chinese or Hindi eventually.