Re: History of French

From: Harlan Messinger (h.messinger_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:38:55 -0400

"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fccek0heikq4rekuhhfkpgu7sp96o4plod@4ax.com...
> Ruud Harmsen writes:
>
> > So you think people learn their native language in school, not in the
> > cradle?
>
> That's where they get their formal education in their native language.
> Most people never learn their native languages perfectly unless they
> receive some sort of formal instruction.

What is "their native language" if not "the language that they speak",
regardless of how they learned it?

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