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% of the population that speaks fluent English:
— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) August 8, 2023
🇧🇷 Brazil - 5%
🇷🇺 Russia - 12%
🇹🇷 Turkey - 18%
🇮🇳 India - 20%
🇪🇸 Spain - 22%
🇿🇦 South Africa - 31%
🇮🇹 Italy - 34%
🇫🇷 France - 40%
🇬🇷 Greece - 50%
🇩🇪 Germany - 56%
🇵🇰 Pakistan - 58%
🇵🇭 Philippines - 58%
🇳🇬 Nigeria - 60%
🇧🇪 Belgium -…
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Filipinos are so much easier to understand than any Bongistani.
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I love how in Filipinese, slang for a slut is "sawsawan" which basically translates into "dipping sauce that everyone uses"
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I get a kick out of the code switching. The one I remember best is somebody on the news talking in Tagalog and making lots of gestures and then she suddenly says in English "The bottom line is, the governor has a mistress."
That was some good drama too with his wife running out on him and driving all night to another province so she couldn't be kidnapped.
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