[lbo-talk] Solzhenitsyn

[Jim Devine]

Most people brought up in Europe learn several languages, while those
in the US learn usually only English (and a smattering of another)
when young. The problem is that if you don't learn them while young,
it's really really hard to learn new ones. (The exception would be
those linguistic geniuses, such as Chris perhaps.) So the linguistic
disadvantage of the US  educational system -- which is an advantage in
some "nativist" eyes -- ends up being pretty hard to deal with.

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On 7/13/05, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> C'mon, I know English as my first language, speak
> Russian approximately fluently, read French fluently,
> know German with advanced comprehension ability, and
> have greater-or-lesser capabilities with Greek, Latin,
> Hebrew, and Old Norse. It's not that tough. It just
> requires effort.

-- 
Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let
people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.