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I remember smoking outside a pub near Chinatown with a mate something like ten years ago when two Chinese people went by speaking Chinese, and he said “they should be speaking English; this is Britain,” so I asked why, and he couldn’t explain why. Just on a vague principle.
We know for certain that Gboard accesses the internet at least so it’s not out of the question. I’ve settled on Openboard, and my only problem with it is that the UK English keyboard suggests American spellings, but I’ve read that that’s a problem with all open source keyboards because of the .dict file, so I’m currently settling on the latter side of the dilemma between sacrificing privacy for Gboard and putting up with being recommended American spellings.