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Reply to " Yu Ying - Do/Can Non-Native Kids Actually SPEAK Chinese?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In regard to the comments regarding people needing to lie to compliment YY kids on their Chinese, don't people do this in every language? I frequently hear people complimenting others who are obviously learning English on how well they are doing. I take another language that I started as an adult, and I have received very undeserved compliments from speakers of that language. I think it is common for speakers of any language to complement others who are learning that language, both to be polite and encouraging. This not at all something that is unique to Chinese speakers in talking to kids from YY. [/quote] I agree, but the condescending tone used by those posters and the fact that they always point out how they have to lie because the kids' Chinese is so terrible is what makes those particular posts annoying.[/quote]
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