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From: jslewocz@ivor (John S. Lewocz)
Subject: Re: What is a native language? was Re: Rubbish Speak
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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 14:17:43 GMT
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In article <rte-2202961339370001@mac-118.lz.att.com>,
Ralph T. Edwards <rte@elmo.lz.att.com> wrote:
>In article <4gfg7u$hl7@epx.cis.umn.edu>, hardy@umnstat.stat.umn.edu
>(Michael Hardy) wrote:
>Teaching any language as a second language is okay, even ESP.  I doubt
>there are any true native speakers of Esperanto, though there may be a few
>who learned it as their second language in the sense of my first
>paragraph.  It seems to me that a native language requires a community
>that speaks the language, not just parents.

Not really.   My parents spoke only Polish to me my entire life, and I
spoke it exclusively until I entered kindergarten.

And I'm by no means an isolated case.

>
>-- 
>R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031


