koavf@lemmy.ml to Linguistics@mander.xyz · 6 months agoCan You Lose Your Native Tongue?www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
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minus-squareBigMikeInAustin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down8·6 months agoOnly an American paper would write that learning a second language is bad. (Paywalled, so didn’t actually read it)
minus-squarekoavf@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoIf you didn’t read it, then don’t comment. The Internet does not need more ignorant takes.
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months ago[Speaking as a mod] Don’t engage in this sort of “I didn’t read, but I feel entitled to voice my opinion” here. It’s noisy, annoying, and often prone to create misinformation, like you are doing - falsely claiming that the newspaper’s take is “second language bad”. Here’s the archive link, by the way.
Only an American paper would write that learning a second language is bad.
(Paywalled, so didn’t actually read it)
If you didn’t read it, then don’t comment. The Internet does not need more ignorant takes.
[Speaking as a mod]
Don’t engage in this sort of “I didn’t read, but I feel entitled to voice my opinion” here. It’s noisy, annoying, and often prone to create misinformation, like you are doing - falsely claiming that the newspaper’s take is “second language bad”.
Here’s the archive link, by the way.