jackmarxist [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-216 days agoFirst look at New Action Movie titled 'Nuke' starring Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Unhexbear.netimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up174
arrow-up174imageFirst look at New Action Movie titled 'Nuke' starring Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Unhexbear.netjackmarxist [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-216 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoI’m guessing they both have just enough English that along with some hand gestures it works out okay
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoI’ve always assumed that Putin can understand spoken English far better than he can speak it.
minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·16 days agoPutin can probably speak English well enough, there’s just little need for him to do so publicly. If his accent isn’t perfect it’d get so much scrutiny, so better to just use translators.
minus-squarecoolusername@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoPresidents of state do not speak in foreign languages even if they know it
I’m guessing they both have just enough English that along with some hand gestures it works out okay
I’ve always assumed that Putin can understand spoken English far better than he can speak it.
Putin can probably speak English well enough, there’s just little need for him to do so publicly. If his accent isn’t perfect it’d get so much scrutiny, so better to just use translators.
Presidents of state do not speak in foreign languages even if they know it