Re: Linguistic Agonies

Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
> Ruud Harmsen wrote:
> > 15 Nov 2005 10:31:48 -0800: "Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim" <Jdibrahim@xxxxxxx>:
> > in sci.lang:
> >
> > >Thanks for your message. As you may have noticed I don't believe in
> > >linguistic identities and the so called "native speaker" idea because
> > >of the reasons I gave.
> >
> > So you are not a native speaker of any language, just because you
> > don't believe in teh concept? With all due respect, I think this is
> > nonsense. The concept of 'native speaker' exists whether you (or
> > anybody else) like(s) it or not. Everybody (perhaps unless born deaf)
> > is a native speaker of some languages, some of more languages than
> > one.
>
>
> No, Ruud I speak many languages and all them are equally part of me
> and my world.

So whatever your native language is, you speak it no better than the
English you exhibit here?

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