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Trump Congratulates Leader of English-Speaking Country for His Good English (www.thedailybeast.com)

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Donald Trump has praised the president of Liberia for speaking “such good English,” seemingly unaware that Liberia’s official language is, in fact, English.

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[-] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I could have guessed Liberia, but I remember being genuinely surprised when I first discovered that Belize spoke English. I'd have expected Spanish, given the geography.

[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

Until 1973, Belize was called British Honduras, that makes it less surprising.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oh gods what did we do to make them anglophones? Belize, I know what we did to Liberia

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