Nah, Ireland just as lacking but very europhile even after € mess. All English speaking countries have same lack.https://twitter.com/andersostlund/status/706782125224284160 …
@tggleeson Not as a mentality surely but it makes it much harder to follow international news. Try to follow anything from Sweden.
-
-
@andersostlund But even if UK had high level language skills how many would learn Swedish or Finnish?, French, Spanish, German maybe. -
@tggleeson Swedish if of course low-ranked, Finnish impossible to learn. But to have a few languages in common would help. -
@andersostlund There's the rub, we do, it's called English. If it was the middle ages it would be Church Latin. -
@tggleeson Well, yes. One solution could be to push English much harder all over EU. That would work I think. -
@andersostlund You are correct tho edu. is key to europhiles in UK, they work in businesses in the main where English essential worldwide. -
@andersostlund be that fin. services whatever. Have a world view because they can converse daily with "others" who speak that world lang. -
@andersostlund While those less educated (in general, not just lang) fear this global economy and especially the migrants it brings. -
@tggleeson Absolutely. Many fear global competition and see no place for themselves there. Populists exploit this. - 1 more reply
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
