rumschlumpel

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[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 5 months ago

Maybe that perception is skewed by America's culture of having ridiculously large cars. European cars were always smaller, but nowadays it's getting pretty hard to buy something other than an SUV here, too.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Considering my country famously refused to take part in the Iraq war and declared me unfit for service during draft (which was compulsory), that would be quite strange.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

My first thought is that it sounds like a portmanteau of rhubarb and fubar. Which is bad.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Knowledge of the two official languages is largely determined by geography. Nearly 95% of Quebecers can speak French, but only 40.6% speak English. In the rest of the country, 97.6% of the population is capable of speaking English, but only 7.5% can speak French.[89]

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_bilingualism_in_Canada#Personal_bilingualism_in_Canada)

Jesus fuck, those numbers are abysmal.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Implying Greece doesn't also do this.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)