We’re extremely lucky that English is the most common second language
between people who don’t share a first. Because of this, when you travel to another
non-English speaking country with a Bulgarian, you might think: ‘This is it, my
time to shine. After years of relying on others to translate menus, order things
and ask questions, I will finally be able to pull my weight.’ This is not the
case. A Bulgarian English speaker is much more understandable to a Greek or
Spanish English speaker than you are – they share similar patterns of speech and
have the same key vocabulary.
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