I know some German (B1), but it's been a few years since I had classes and those posts help me brush up my German (though they are a bit advanced for my level).
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Not only because of that, but it was definitely a factor.
I took spanish in school but if I had to do over would have likely done french but german is second choice.
I lived in Germany from '83 to '94, but I never did learn to speak much of it since I went to American schools. Apparently most Germans speak decent English now? That would have been nice back in the day!
English is on the curriculum of all schools as a mandatory subject, but learning it in school =/= speaking proficiency. That usually comes with a ton of practice, and not all that many of us are exposed to English on a daily basis, even less so in lower income strata.
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I've been learning German for a few years (very slowly) now with Duolingo. I see a lot of Spanish posts too (especially on masto) and have been enjoying how the fediverse encourages me to work on my languages.
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Do people use language settings? I have mine set to include German so I don't know if turning it off would actually filter out many of these posts.
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I haven't seen a single one, so nicht ich.
My phone translates anything on screen in more or less real time. If the post looks interesting I can read it no matter the language.
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