Quote Originally Posted by rebeccas-sewing View Post
I'm constantly in awe of the number of people in Europe who speak English. I don't understand how they managed to learn our language. So many exceptions to the rules. Where did they find the time to not only learn their own language but ours as well? Americans, on the whole, really don't need to learn a second language. Over here I really see the need to converse in more than one. I guess the schools over here put a greater emphasis on learning multiple languages.
The kids here start learning Icelandic as their mother tongue (obviously), then about age 8-9 they start learning UK english in school and then in about 8th or 9th grade they start learning Danish. By the time they graduate, the are already fluent in three languages!