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koakuma-chantoday at 5:52 AM2 repliesview on HN

Is English commonly spoken by countries that aren't former British colonies? I am a Ukranian citizen, and if I can speak Russian, and not have that kind of prejudice, you should also be able to. In fact most Ukrainians speak Russian.


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koiueotoday at 9:01 AM

This is not true. Like literally factually incorrect.

Most people in big cities can speak russian due to russia's colonization strategy. But it's far from "most Ukrainians".

Saying this as Ukrainian citizen who has seen more Ukraine (both eastern and western parts) than just a few big cities.

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llIIllIIllIIltoday at 6:06 AM

Exactly that gives ruskies propaganda talking points to invade Ukraine by saying they don’t like how Ukrainians treated russian speakers.

British King isn’t delusional enough to start war with neighboring English speaking country.

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