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07-10-2009, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by freegreatcharter View Post
languages like japanese and english in history absorb a lot of foreign words,if a person is uneducated or not well-educated,can this person know what a foreign word means in his or her mother tongue,or distinguish its etymology
such as freedom-liberty
If a person is uneducated then of course the answer is "no".
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