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orthoxeroxyesterday at 8:55 PM1 replyview on HN

It's always interesting to watch how a bunch of non-native speakers of English from different countries sitting in a room can talk to each easily, but when a Brit or an American joins, the conversation immediately collapses.


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satvikpendemyesterday at 9:33 PM

In what way? What I've seen is the native English speaker bends over backwards to explain each and every idiom or try to not use them in the first place.

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