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cachukis

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13. I suspect part of the problem stems from early
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:04 PM
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childhood education.
Bilingual families address the matter early on.
Parochial groups don't.
As an altar boy, I had to contend with Latin. My grandfather had spoken Spanish as a transplant. My father didn't speak English until he was nine.
As a reader of the classics, I was made aware of translations.
Culture and language go hand in hand.
Depriving our youth of exposure to understanding the linguistics of even modern day language is unfathomable. They create language and steal language every day.
Why parents would deprive their children of how words start and how they become is befuddling.



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