I wonder if native English speakers know this: that many non-native speakers around the world have to learn English even if they don't want to, and have to speak it even when they'd rather not.

I used to love learning English when I was younger, but as I've gotten older, reading and writing in it has become more and more of a hassle.

@hongminhee I'm pretty sure part of this due to colonialism and racism, you tend to hear of English and French being touted as "international languages", but never hear of any of the east-Asian languages being referred to as such.

Other's also included Arabic, Russian and Spanish, apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_language#:~:text=English%20is%20the%20foremost%20world,formerly%20been%20a%20world%20language.

@hongminhee To a (much) lesser extent I feel similarly about my native dialect vs the nation's standard and dominant dialect. I can pass as a reasonably good speaker of the latter, but there is always a certain level of effort involved. And I feel like the effort is not well appreciated.