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mkygurl
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 Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:26 pm Post subject: native english |
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| When they say native English speaker, do they usually mean a non-Asian? |
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BluePinay
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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No, They mean people from US, UK, NZ, Australia....  |
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lily
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| They mean people from US, UK, NZ, Australia.... |
and Canada.
Do a search for non-native. This has been covered many many times. |
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Peaches En Regalia
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| The term "native English speaker" can be bit of a misnomer (and perhaps even a euphemism). It actually means many different things to different people in different places at different times. As a rule of thumb, however, we can say that it usually refers to whites of European stock/descent who were exposed to English in childhood in either Australia, America, Canada, the UK, South Africa, (or any other such English-speaking land). |
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BluePinay
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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Oooppsss.... I missed CA there. 
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| They mean people from US, UK, NZ, Australia.... |
and Canada.
Do a search for non-native. This has been covered many many times. |
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