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Re:The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 la... by jmopp on Thursday April 07, 2022 @11:13AM (#30945505)
It's common for native English speakers to be monolingual. If there's no real need to learn another language, it takes more effort. Being able to speak multiple languages looks like a superpower if you only know one language.
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Re:The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 la... by rospaya on Friday April 08, 2022 @07:34PM (#30963775)
Just teach it in schools like every other country - learning a language after a certain age is very hard, even with all the tech and apps we have today.
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Re:The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 la... by KSPAtlas on Friday April 08, 2022 @07:55PM (#30963900)
Yeah, in an area where most people are monolingual being able to switch seamlessly from 1 language to the other is mind-boggling
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