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		jacquesm on July 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO Bollocks. In Europe you learn languages to be able to go abroad and to at least try to meet strangers halfway. Knowing just your own tongue is rude.

Ihatelifebutwe on July 29, 2021 [–]

In America, plenty learn for fun and status. You can travel thousands of miles in the US and still speak to someone in English making language learning extremely rare.

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