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Poster: or87
Subject: RE: Do you ever think about how lucky you are to be born in America?
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Somas wrote:

[quote]or87 wrote:
Just one benefit, often overlooked or taken for granted, is that almost all native-born Americans are native speakers of English, which is now the global language. We are very, very fortunate not to have to learn it as a second language--and to have the resulting international job opportunities (to teach it to others).


I think there are lots of benefits to learning a second language![/quote]

So do I--having studied maybe eight foreign languages--but I don't see how that gainsays my statement: that Americans are lucky in being native speakers of Earth's global language.
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