What language do you speak best? (Hypothesis: There are many French & German speakers in the Fediverse.)
Boosts appreciated!
French15%
German28%
English30%
(Other)25%
Replying to @rauschma@fosstodon.org
It’s also remarkable how many people speak “Other”! 🙈
EDIT: I was trying to make a joke by pretending “Other” was a language. But that clearly didn’t work. 😬
I expected the Fediverse to have many English & German speakers and had read that it was popular in France. I wanted to check these assumptions via a survey and my instance only lets me create four options. Beyond that, I didn’t know what to expect but the replies to my initial post show just how linguistically diverse the Fediverse is!
Replying to @rauschma@fosstodon.org
@rauschma fwiw i lol'd
Replying to @virtulis@loud.computer
@virtulis OK, good! Humor is so tricky, I especially in writing. There were also a few self-identified Otherians in the replies—which made me chuckle.
Replying to @rauschma@fosstodon.org
@rauschma oh I absolutely do identify as Other and love to finally be represented!
note: "Otherian" generally refers to people living in or coming from Other, however when referring to language and culture of Other people the correct term is indeed "Other".
(this is also an attempt at humor)
Replying to @virtulis@loud.computer
@virtulis Random Other-related thought: I love trains and follow the Rail Baltica project with great interest. I hope Europe does much more with trains in the future—they are such a great way to travel.