The problem is that English is the native language of very few there, even if

Sep 15, 2017
3:22:31pm

chilango All-American

the educated classes pretty much all speak English. I've spent a lot of time in India, and have struggled communicating with taxi drivers, shopkeepers, policemen, clerical staff, etc enough that I don't consider it to really be English-speaking.

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POLL: Best country/culture in the English-speaking world, besides the United States:

chilango

9/15/17 8:46am

Alabama should count; you ever been there?

2FarGone

9/15/17 8:51am

Neil Young has been there.

CopperLix

9/15/17 8:57am

A Southern man don't need him around anyhow.

TheWanderer

9/15/17 9:07am

Skynyrd says it's a real sweet home but it ain't nothing to me

Dread Pirate Westley

9/15/17 9:47am

No love for Belize or Guyana

Revolution

9/15/17 9:03am

Guyana English was so tough for me to understand.

SpecialKC

9/15/17 9:05am

When my parents picked me up from my mission to Guyana they

Windward_Coug

9/15/17 9:13am

I feel the same way whenever I go visit family in Georgia.

Revolution

9/15/17 9:13am

RE: POLL: Best country/culture in the English-speaking world, besides the United

MicroBrew TX

9/15/17 9:07am

There are parts of Switzerland that speak Italian as well.

Revolution

9/15/17 9:15am

Singapore

dk4

9/15/17 9:20am

Uhh, you left off the second biggest english speaking country in the world:

Jeremy

9/15/17 9:26am

Well, I mean, the reason India speaks English is forcible British occupation. So

SandYFan

9/15/17 9:52am

well, is that all that different than South Africa or New Zealand?

fattycoug

9/15/17 11:29am

The problem is that English is the native language of very few there, even if

chilango

9/15/17 3:22pm

Interesting that you, Chilango, would initiate this poll.

JmThms

9/15/17 11:23am

chilango

9/15/17 3:18pm

food is too gross in most of those countries

fattycoug

9/15/17 11:29am

Hard to argue with this point.

chilango

9/15/17 3:36pm

Wales and it isn't even close.

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