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Languages in the EU (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by jennwiththesea@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm about to sound like the ignorant American I am, so I apologize in advance! We're looking at a trip to Germany, and possibly Prague, and we've noticed that a lot of the hotel names are French and a couple hotels that aren't named in French have replied to comments with things like "Bonjour! etc etc" What's up with this? Is French just the most commonly spoken common language, even in Germany and Czechia? (I know that Germany and Czechia have their own languages, of course.) Or is it something else?

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[–] ladyofthrowaway@lemmy.world 69 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Could it be that the places you're looking at are the most popular destinations of French tourists? 🤔

[–] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's certainly possible! I'm not sure how I would find that out. We're just looking at the places with decent reviews on available sites in the US, like Expedia and TripAdvisor.