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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah in my experience pretty much everyone under the age of around 40 in any major city speaks English there. Cities like Berlin sometimes it seems like half the people there don’t even speak German haha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

When I lived there in the 80s to mid-90s most people I encountered didn't speak much English. I've heard it's different nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah that makes sense, that’s right about when they started teaching English in schools from grade school on. That’s why everyone under 40 tends to speak great English but over 40 and it’s hit or miss.