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    Default How did you come to learn English?

    For those of us who’s first & primary language isn’t English.

    I’m curious as to how people come to know English, which seems to be increasingly common, and people who speak no or very little English seem to be decreasing.

    English has come to be the Lingua Franca for the whole world now. How long has it been this way, and how did it come to be so? What is the future of this status?

    Myself, I can’t say it was my first language, but it quickly became so in my early years as it’s the primary language of the country I grew up in and I grew up in international schools.

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    I moved to the US for reasons that are related to my work. I've learned English through pure immersion.

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    The biggest mystery is what method Finnish Swede used to learn English.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Komintasavalta View Post
    The biggest mystery is what method Finnish Swede used to learn English.
    Why do you say that?

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    I still use bing and google tranlsators

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    Primarily through World of Warcraft during my childhood

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    My all english knowledge is from internet. If you dont live in a cave you must learn at least basic english.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veljo View Post
    I still use bing and google tranlsators
    #MeToo

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