tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post37537134833123683..comments2024-03-24T20:13:39.387+00:00Comments on demography.matters.blog: On how a lack of fluency in German is hurting Europe's single marketUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-5425764586692970902013-02-26T02:45:32.944+00:002013-02-26T02:45:32.944+00:00I don't have your E-mail address. rfmcdonald@s...I don't have your E-mail address. rfmcdonald@sympatico.ca, here.Randy McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707497864911987241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-86379334724217356742013-02-26T01:27:14.400+00:002013-02-26T01:27:14.400+00:00Sure! That sounds fun. I'd like to do a little...Sure! That sounds fun. I'd like to do a little more analysis than just what I did for the comment... Maybe I could have it ready late this week or early next? Email me and we can work out details of when and how I should get it to you.jemandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019113699488108374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-52852184946120772942013-02-25T03:03:57.450+00:002013-02-25T03:03:57.450+00:00That's actually really interesting. Might you ...That's actually really interesting. Might you want to make a guest post here?Randy McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707497864911987241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-52677126477300743322013-02-24T15:17:27.356+00:002013-02-24T15:17:27.356+00:00So I did a little rough calculation, since I was c...So I did a little rough calculation, since I was curious what percentage of Spanish or Greek youth who spoke German had migrated. I estimated the 20-29 year old population off of population pyramids, multiplied by the highest percentage of German speakers from the map (5% for Spain, 9% for Greece).<br /><br />If all the migrants were in that age range, and I assumed right for estimating the jemandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019113699488108374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-30316174207823801272013-02-22T13:32:51.410+00:002013-02-22T13:32:51.410+00:00That is true, although even in Slovenia rates of f...That is true, although even in Slovenia rates of fluency in German seem to be below rates of fluency in English. Central Europe certainly isn't a German preserve.Randy McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707497864911987241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-30937380611349327342013-02-22T06:17:30.479+00:002013-02-22T06:17:30.479+00:00It's interesting that the map of second-langua...It's interesting that the map of second-language German speakers still shows traces of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and more generally of Mitteleuropa, despite how much the world wars did to destroy both the physical and cultural presence of German speakers outside the modern-day Sprachraum.Colinnoreply@blogger.com