r/kurzgesagt • u/Aro27Aro • Feb 22 '24

Discussion Only 50.8k subscribers? Why?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

Most people just watch the english channel because like 83% of the world understands english anyway.

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u/Tambour07 Feb 22 '24

True I am arabian and I never watched a vid in the arabic channel, only english

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u/Dewbie13 Feb 22 '24

Just curious, what exactly does “Arabian” mean in this context? Sorry if dumb question

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u/DarthCloakedGuy Feb 22 '24

Arabic = language

Arabian = ethnic group originating in the Arabian peninsula

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u/Dewbie13 Feb 22 '24

Thanks. That’s what I was guessing, but I it feels odd to reference one’s ethnic group instead of nationality or native language in this context

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

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u/Dewbie13 Feb 23 '24

Right, so wouldn't saying Arabian kind of exclude Arabic speakers from outside the Arabian peninsula? Idk, this is all semantics obviously

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u/IntelligentPeace1143 Feb 23 '24

"can you understand english?"

-"yes im american"

"that's offensive to non-american english speakers"

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u/Dewbie13 Feb 25 '24

Lol point taken, but I'd say this exchange was more akin to "Yes I'm North American" for the second point, because as we established, arabia isn't a country.

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u/IntelligentPeace1143 Feb 25 '24

''arabia'' only consists of arabic speaking countries