[lbo-talk] social media

[// ravi]

On Feb 23, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Angelus Novus wrote:
> Wojtek wrote:
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>> Pervasive foreign language illiteracy is a uniquely US phenomenon. 
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> I'm not surprised that you hold this view, but you're wrong.
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> Don't get me wrong, I think if the US was not an arrogant superpower, it would have the decency to instruct its school students in Spanish from an early age.  But this is hardly a unique US phenomenon.

Sample of one [billion] inclines me to agree. In India many, perhaps most people know two or more languages. But they tend to be internal (including English) languages, not foreign.

	—ravi