• Default_Defect@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I guess the years of learning grammar and being tested on it were waste, then. As long as I can barely glean intent, then its fine.

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      1 year ago

      As long as I can barely glean intent, then its fine.

      This sounds like reductio ad absurdum from a monoglot. Try living in a culture where you need a foreign language and you’ll begin to see the levels of nuance in understanding speech.