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Re:Languages: Why we must save dying tongues (2014) by xyzzyz on Monday July 04, 2016 @01:31AM (#12029019)
English is not my native language, and I can barely tell the difference between Indian, Kenyan, British and American English. Cadence and idioms are all equally off. Certainly it's not "weeks of practice".
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Re:Languages: Why we must save dying tongues (2014) by khedoros on Monday July 04, 2016 @02:13AM (#12029116)
I think that the qualifier "if you're from one of the others" applies to your case.
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