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[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are you implying that America is the only place where people speak English? Because that would be pretty stupid of you.

[–] byroon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think they're implying that English being the lingua-franca has made many monolingual English speakers forget that most of the world does not speak English as a first language, and those people are unlikely to be familiar with a children's rhyme written in English.

[–] drugo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

You are implying that, I said "monolingual English speakers"