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Originally Posted by Mivo
The reason, I believe, was (partly still is) the lack of "application", need, and exposure. Until ten or fifteen years ago, it required actual effort to get undubbed movies, and even importing games was a hassle or cost extra. The average person just didn't need to know English and there wasn't much incentive to learn and actively use it.
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So many good series on the German tv channels and all dubbed...
I did notice a change though. Before, if we went on holiday in Germany, nobody would speak English, now, at least in public offices, most do speak English (I can speak German, well enough, but I'm horrible at languages, I always mix up the words (unless I speak in English or Dutch), so when I speak German, it becomes a jumble of Dutch/German/English... And when the deed is done (about a minute later), I know exactly what I should have said in German
