Comment on Latvia bans teaching Russian as second foreign language starting 2026
bluGill@fedia.io 1 week ago
Russian is useful to know if you are a spy but otherwise not worth it
Comment on Latvia bans teaching Russian as second foreign language starting 2026
bluGill@fedia.io 1 week ago
Russian is useful to know if you are a spy but otherwise not worth it
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 week ago
I think a language’s usefulness is rather subjective and subject to experience: I love learning all sorts of languages that I have no daily exposure to but I wouldn’t say knowing them is “useless.”
bluGill@fedia.io 1 week ago
normally I'd agree but the language in question here is russian that currently needs to die for political reasons. Too bad, it is a pretty language from the little I've heard it.