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In reply to the discussion: Video-Amina: Topless Tunisian Protester Tells Femen She Was Beaten,Kidnapped & Drugged By Her Family [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)From nations all over the world - not just Europe, but Africa, the Middle East and Asia...
I find it laughable for this person to claim that most people from other nations don't learn language in ways that they learn language. Which is also the way that English-speaking people learn other languages too, tho it's not quite as ubiquitous b/c so few Americans bother to learn another language and often don't have the means to travel. I am, of course, talking about conversational use of languages (which is what was going on here), not the classroom work that goes with, many times.
But that includes people in academia, people who sell fruit at the green grocer in non-English language nations, people who come here to visit...
However, because this person may have family with an anglo-sounding name, she isn't "culturally pure" enough to speak her mind, according to this person. It's like saying someone named Mohammed isn't an American.. yeah, it's that kind of bullshit claim.