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Re:Non-native speakers navigate the world of 'good' and 'bad... by oytis on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:05AM (#27252983)
As a Russian I did a hitchhiking tour over Northern Europe when I was young, and while I gained some "fluency" in English as a result, the quality of my language use dropped noticeably. Not only because I was forced to use the first language construct I can pull from my head, but also I had to simplify it to be understood.

Being personally interested in equality, acceptance etc. etc. I find it sad to see more sophisticated language use dying off being replaced by a version optimized for ease of understanding by everyone.

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Re:Non-native speakers navigate the world of 'good' and 'bad... by timthorn on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:02AM (#27253464)
I agree, and it's not just the loss of that rich communication in other languages but in English as well.
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Re:Non-native speakers navigate the world of 'good' and 'bad... by oytis on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:34AM (#27253970)
I mostly meant English. Other languages probably simplify as well, but English does it much faster because of the scope of use by nonnative speakers. Same thing happened to Greek and Latin once
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