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Re:I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How by dalke on Friday April 20, 2012 @05:05PM (#3869774)
As an example in the US, we had a co-worker who was from Cyprus but lived in the US for 5 years to get a BS and MS degree. He knew English before coming to the US and spoke fluent English, but would be lost when we talked about US popular culture. Before then I hadn't really realized how often people made allusion to old TV shows, 15 year old politics, childhood books, etc.
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