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Subject: Re: Language Learning (anecdotes)
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Date: Sat, 28-Nov-87 14:03:28 EST
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In article <1786@culdev1.UUCP> yg@culdev1.UUCP (Yogesh Gupta) writes:
< In article <2059@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, paul@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Paul W. Placeway) writes:
< > and R (ie. Asian) don't distinguish them. 
<              ^^^^^
< I guess THIS was the reason for my previous objection - why is it that
< it is assumed that languages in Asia do not differentiate between an L
< and an R?

Ah.  I seem to have been caught with dangling assumptions.  Actually,
the only far eastern (near western?) language that I know doesn't
distinguish L & R is Japaneese.  Sorry about that...

		-- Paul