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Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« on: January 15, 2018, 11:06:40 pm »
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2018, 11:11:26 pm »
Wow, the Brits are amazing.
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2018, 11:13:58 pm »
Could they do a map like that for North America.   :whistle:

Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in North America...by state or provence.
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2018, 11:54:29 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 15, 2018, 11:13:58 pm
Could they do a map like that for North America.   :whistle:

Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in North America...by state or provence.

Would that be by “province”?
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2018, 12:02:40 am »
Quote from: truth_seeker on January 15, 2018, 11:06:40 pm


Sad to say it but I must.  Most Americans will have no idea what countries this map depicts without the names being added.
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2018, 12:09:00 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 16, 2018, 12:02:40 am
Sad to say it but I must.  Most Americans will have no idea what countries this map depicts without the names being added.

I expect few Europeans would be able to name states in the US without the names shown on them. 
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2018, 12:09:45 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 16, 2018, 12:02:40 am
Sad to say it but I must.  Most Americans will have no idea what countries this map depicts without the names being added.

I'm pretty sure the breakdown would run along generational lines.
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2018, 12:17:32 am »
Quote from: skeeter on January 16, 2018, 12:09:45 am
I'm pretty sure the breakdown would run along generational lines.

I'm pretty sure you're rght!
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2018, 12:20:00 am »
Quote from: Sanguine on January 16, 2018, 12:09:00 am
I expect few Europeans would be able to name states in the US without the names shown on them.

All but one maybe but I can tell you that people from just about anywhere can name one of them by sight only.  That would be Texas.
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2018, 12:25:31 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 16, 2018, 12:20:00 am
All but one maybe but I can tell you that people from just about anywhere can name one of them by sight only.  That would be Texas.

That's right.
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2018, 12:42:07 am »
Quote from: truth_seeker on January 15, 2018, 11:06:40 pm


I note the big blue 86% country in the north.

MY heritage.  Smart folks we are....    ^-^
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2018, 12:45:14 am »
Quote from: Sanguine on January 16, 2018, 12:25:31 am
That's right.

A few years back they tested American college graduates on US states and most of them couldn't even find Florida, Texas and California.

I'm betting European students would do better because they restrict college educations to the bright ones.
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Re: Percent of Population Able to Hold a Conversation in English in Europe
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2018, 12:47:39 am »
Quote from: Oceander on January 15, 2018, 11:54:29 pm
Would that be by “province”?

FIIK. 

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