Re: How to prime kids to learn 3+ languages?

On 8 Oct, 04:42, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 7, 6:08 pm, Seán O'Leathlóbhair <jwlaw...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Oct 7, 8:43 pm, "Brian M. Scott" <b.sc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
(2) I have not used the word 'democratic'.

Another unexpected revelation, do you not describe America as a
democracy? My apologies for assuming that you did.

No, it's a republic. Do you know the difference?

Are they mutually exclusive? From Cambridge Advanced Learner's
Dictionary

democracy
2 [C] a country in which power is held by elected representatives:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=20618&dict=CALD

Does America not fit that description?

republic noun [C]
a country without a king or queen, usually governed by elected
representatives of the people and a president:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=67098&dict=CALD

To me, it would seem quite possible for a country to be both a
democracy and a republic. I do see that it is possible to be a
republic but not a democracy thanks to the "usually" in the second
definition. So, are you saying that the US is not governed by elected
representatives? What are your elections for? Who does govern your
country? Why does one of your major political parties call itself The
Democratic Party?

--
Seán Ó Leathlóbhair

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