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Originally Posted by DMB
But every Swede I've ever met seems to be competent in English. Is that really such a barrier?
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I'm guessing most swedes you've met are 35ish or younger? Yes, english is second nature to most of us that meet that criteria, the vast majority of swedes do not. In many cases people can understand and speak english just fine, they just prefer reading in their native language.
Actually had this exact conversation with a mate of mine from the states a year or so back. Our roles were reversed since he had lived in spain for a bit and despite (according to him) almost everybody in his region (florida I think, maybe california) speaking spanish to some degree he just couldn't sell any of his stuff. People preferred to buy english versions instead. Believe I gave him some "captain obvious" references, little did I know it'd come back to bite me on the arse.