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Re:US burns through all high-skill visas for 2015 in less th... by throwaway344 on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @06:43PM (#7556490)
The key distinction here is that native English speakers speak with whatever dialect that they grow up with. On the other hand, most ESL speakers try to learn a so-called "Prestige" dialect, like RP or General American. Thus, most fluent native speakers have a more prestigious accent and way of writing due to this, than those who speak English as a first language.
Re:US burns through all high-skill visas for 2015 in less th... by total on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @02:17AM (#7557892)
That's a great point that I haven't thought of before! I tend to forget that when others learn a new language it is generally taught in the proper and/or polite manner.