When do we become unable to learn a language like a native speaker? (2018)

Re:When do we become unable to learn a language like a nativ... by forinti on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @05:56PM (#24713216)

I once got invited to lunch at the house of a German lady. So I said I would make an apple pie and take it for dessert.

The next day, she takes a look at it and says that that is not how you make apple pie and produces a pie that she had baked (and which she ate, ignoring the one I had taken).

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Re:When do we become unable to learn a language like a nativ... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @07:00PM (#24713818)

This lady sounds quite obnoxious even by German standards.

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Re:When do we become unable to learn a language like a nativ... by monadic2 on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @07:12PM (#24713911)

I'm certain this is symptomatic of being a dick even in Germany.

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Re:When do we become unable to learn a language like a nativ... by hodgesrm on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @10:00PM (#24714875)

You have not lived in a village in Germany, it seems. :)

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Re:When do we become unable to learn a language like a nativ... by Merem on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:30PM (#24715419)

I have done so for a pretty long time and no, such behavior is not common for non-dickish people. If anything, people in the countryside tend to be a lot more relaxed and the situation forinti describes sounds like some old grandma who thinks the youth these days can't do anything right.

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