I have an Asian friend whose first language is English. But when he came to Australia, he’s been getting ‘compliments’ like “you know more about my language than I do.” It does seem like a compliment, but to my friend, English IS his language. He was born and breed with it.
When will someone who isn’t Caucasian or come from an English speaking country ever be called a ‘native English speaker’? When will English really be a ‘global’ language?
2006-11-02
07:13:21
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Akmal F
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