▲ 1515 ▼ How bout that (discuss.online) submitted 11 months ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] huppakee@piefed.social 20 points 11 months ago (2 children) Cheap natively english-speaking labour, to be precise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ronl2k@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Cheap natively english-speaking labour, to be precise. Nigerians natively speak English? I can barely understand their English. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] huppakee@piefed.social 1 point 11 months ago* English is their official language but i believe there are a lot different languages spoken there, the main one is like a version of english that is very different to actual english. But i haven't been there so maybe look it up if you want to know exactly. Scots and Irish people can also be hard to understand if they speak 'their' english. But Nigeria and Bangladesh were colonised by the British and that makes them better english speakers than many other poor countries with cheap labour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ronl2k@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Cheap natively english-speaking labour, to be precise. Nigerians natively speak English? I can barely understand their English. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] huppakee@piefed.social 1 point 11 months ago* English is their official language but i believe there are a lot different languages spoken there, the main one is like a version of english that is very different to actual english. But i haven't been there so maybe look it up if you want to know exactly. Scots and Irish people can also be hard to understand if they speak 'their' english. But Nigeria and Bangladesh were colonised by the British and that makes them better english speakers than many other poor countries with cheap labour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huppakee@piefed.social 1 point 11 months ago* English is their official language but i believe there are a lot different languages spoken there, the main one is like a version of english that is very different to actual english. But i haven't been there so maybe look it up if you want to know exactly. Scots and Irish people can also be hard to understand if they speak 'their' english. But Nigeria and Bangladesh were colonised by the British and that makes them better english speakers than many other poor countries with cheap labour. permalink fedilink source parent