Comments on: Countries Where over 50% of the population speaks English, Either as a First or Secondary Language https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/ Maps that explain the World Wed, 27 Dec 2017 12:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Geo https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2689 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:41:52 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2689 In reply to Chaplin.

I lived there a long time. Everyone I knew spoke English. Both on Hokkaido and Honshu.

]]> By: Chaplin https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2684 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:40:20 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2684 In reply to VP.

Most Japanese I’ve met haven’t spoken English very well – despite years of study barely worth mentioning (‘course my Japanese is even worse).

]]> By: Chaplin https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2675 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:03:14 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2675 In reply to VP.

Very much class-based. I had Indian college roomie, real smart: only learned English when jumped to “highschool” from native-language system

]]> By: VP https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2679 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:44:26 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2679 Odd Japan isn’t on the list. All children learn English in school.

]]> By: VP https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2670 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:42:35 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2670 What about India?

]]> By: VP https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2687 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:42:22 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2687 This cant be right. Many more former UK colonies speak English.

]]> By: Chaplin https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2680 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 21:59:01 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2680 Pakistan and India should also be marked. But Greece? Switzerland?

]]> By: Chaplin https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2673 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 21:58:32 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2673 Not nearly as many as I’d have guessed. Not knowing the language is hard for immigrants yet not knowing the culture can be almost as hard.

]]> By: Chaplin https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2676 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 21:57:39 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2676 Surprising. I would expect more countries to have English as a secondary language … India, Mexico, Russia etc.

]]> By: Chaplin https://vividmaps.com/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2690 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 17:57:55 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2017/09/04/countries-where-over-50-of-population/#comment-2690 In reply to Chaplin.

They don’t mean it this way
Officially: For example Canada has 2 main official languages-English & French
But overwhelming majority sp.Engl

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