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Re:Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as childr... by barry-cotter on Saturday May 11, 2019 @07:26PM (#19889037)
> Meanwhile, there are people I personally know who were BORN in the US in one of those communities, and they barely speak more than just the very basics, despite their community not being an isolated one at all.

Really? Outside of communities that educate their children in their own language second generation children everywhere generally end up fluent speakers of the language of instruction, even in communities where their home language speakers are a plurality or majority of a school population. You do see Indian and Chinese kids in Silicon Valley with accents intermediate between FOB and more general Californian but they speak English perfectly.

Re:Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as childr... by tomcam on Saturday May 11, 2019 @08:52PM (#19889403)
Yes, really. I grew up in a Mexican neighborhood and can give you the names of people whose families have been here for generations and barely speak any English. Same with the Russian communities in Chicago and Long Island.