In Japanese compulsory education system, we have to learn English at least for three years in junior high school. Most people keep learning it for more three years in senior high school, and some more years in university or college. Plus, it's very popular in Japan to learn English after graduating schools. I think the average total years we spend for learning English comes to ten years. Anyway, most English we read or listen in Japan is not Queen's but American. We are not used to original English. It sounds strange like a dialect such as Indian, Australian, Philippine and so on. What makes it difficult is that English of English people is really fluent. It is not only strange but also fast. I think that Canadian English is between American and English, and it is closer to the former just like the geographical location. It is almost the same as American English, but we sometimes smell the flavor of Europe just like in this signboard.
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