Hard to fathom. Most educated Scandinavians speak better English than most Americans. And almost all Brits.
Och, bairn, ilka Sassenach maun no ken Anglic verra mickle! Scroll down some.
“Most educated Scandinavians speak better English than most Americans.”
- Or at least, many Americans reckon they themselves, together with well educated Scandinavians and Britons, speak better English than certain other Americans.
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