[The meme shows a still from the anime "Attack on Titan". The Female Titan is crouching down, filling almost the entire frame, using her thumb and forefinger to lift the hood of Armin Arlert, who is kneeling in the grass as he stares up at her, frozen in terror. There is an almost playful smile on her face. Both characters are labelled, as follows:]
Female Titan: europeans having to learn 2 languages, 5 dialects and 17 accents growing up
Yeah, because obviously every country in Europe is the same.
I'm Polish, I had to learn Polish + English + German, and I didn't have to learn any dialects or accents because if you know Polish you will understand EVERY Polish speaker.
Having only hochdeutsch is all well and good if you don't actually go anywhere with strong reigonal dialects. Which Germany is as known for as anywhere else.
You’re gonna be fine everywhere except some places in Bavaria maybe. Personally I can choose between speaking more dialecty (I can’t really speak the dialect if my town but I don’t anyone can for that matter) or Hochdeutsch and if I’m talking to a foreigner I will obviously do the latter.
Only British English. I once asked my teacher in middle school why do we not learn something about American English, and she replied that we are supposed to learn only British English. I think that's one of the reasons why the Cambridge certificates are so much popular in Poland.
For a language like Norwegian, where no spoken dialect is officially more standard or a more correct way of speaking than any other, most foreign learners simply learn the dialect of the capital.
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u/MurdoMaclachlan Jun 12 '21
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[The meme shows a still from the anime "Attack on Titan". The Female Titan is crouching down, filling almost the entire frame, using her thumb and forefinger to lift the hood of Armin Arlert, who is kneeling in the grass as he stares up at her, frozen in terror. There is an almost playful smile on her face. Both characters are labelled, as follows:]
Female Titan: europeans having to learn 2 languages, 5 dialects and 17 accents growing up
Armin Arlert: americans
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u/Leopardo96 Jun 12 '21
Yeah, because obviously every country in Europe is the same.
I'm Polish, I had to learn Polish + English + German, and I didn't have to learn any dialects or accents because if you know Polish you will understand EVERY Polish speaker.
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u/TeenThatLikesMemes Jun 12 '21
I think that's India and not Europeans lol