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Old 12-10-2007, 03:00 AM   #4
slang
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Originally Posted by monster View Post
srsly, it's hard to move to a country which allegedly uses the same language because (a) it doesn't really; and (b) the expectation of being able to understand the language spawns a false expectation of the ease of cultural understanding and assimilation.
Excellent point.

I couldn't have said it better.
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