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Topic	Chinese Immigrant who SPEAKS NO ENGLISH is SHOT DEAD in a MARIJUANA STING!!!
Fam_Fam 08/30/19 3:13:36 PM #33:	Kyuubi4269 posted... FrndNhbrHdCEman posted... Ya implied the immigrant should've learned another language by now fam. Imagine a 15 year old American not understanding a word of English. That's how ridiculous this guy's situation is. No. It's not the same. 1.) language acquisition is easier when younger 2.) a 15 year old america will speak english every day and be surrounded by people who speak english every day in most situations. It's likely that this person spent most of his time speaking chinese with people who also could speak chinese to him. If you live in a community where you don't need to speak English to communicate, it's trivial to survive without it. <cite>Fam_Fam posted [p:926746782] in Chinese Im... [t:77974047]...</cite> <quote>Kyuubi4269 posted...</cite> <quote>FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...</cite> <quote>Ya implied the immigrant should've learned another language by now fam.</quote> Imagine a 15 year old American not understanding a word of English. That's how ridiculous this guy's situation is.</quote> No. It's not the same. 1.) language acquisition is easier when younger 2.) a 15 year old america will speak english every day and be surrounded by people who speak english every day in most situations. It's likely that this person spent most of his time speaking chinese with people who also could speak chinese to him. If you live in a community where you don't need to speak English to communicate, it's trivial to survive without it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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