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Sentence #2692875

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Anthaus Anthaus August 22, 2013 August 22, 2013 at 12:10:27 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Controversial tag ? :P

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der August 22, 2013 August 22, 2013 at 12:27:10 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Why so serious? :)

Anthaus Anthaus August 22, 2013 August 22, 2013 at 12:30:06 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Because I've discovered this tag yesterday, and it seems to be typically the kind of sentences which get it ^^

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der August 22, 2013 August 22, 2013 at 12:36:35 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

In my perception this sentence is a nice piece of irony, and the tag would destroy the humour.

Anthaus Anthaus August 22, 2013 August 22, 2013 at 12:55:52 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

OK, no problem ;-)

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der August 22, 2013 August 22, 2013 at 1:15:15 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I guess you already know why English is all you need.:D
http://www.fluentin3months.com/...-all-you-need/

Anthaus Anthaus August 22, 2013 August 22, 2013 at 3:24:37 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Haha, very good, I love it :D

AlanF_US AlanF_US March 13, 2018 March 13, 2018 at 11:47:28 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

The Tatoeba standard for dialogue is to omit dashes when alternating between one speaker and another.

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"Wouldn't you like to learn a foreign language?" — "Who cares? Everyone speaks English anyway!"

added by al_ex_an_der, August 22, 2013

"Wouldn't you like to learn a foreign language?" — "Who cares? Nowadays everyone speaks English anyway!"

edited by al_ex_an_der, August 22, 2013

"Wouldn't you like to learn a foreign language?" — "Who cares? These days, everyone speaks English anyway!"

edited by al_ex_an_der, August 22, 2013

"Wouldn't you like to learn a foreign language?" "Who cares? These days, everyone speaks English anyway!"

edited by AlanF_US, June 7, 2018