• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Bingo. This is exactly it.

    Americans almost never even hear other languages, let alone need to understand them. There’s has been a culture here for over a century for immigrants to integrate and learn the language and culture of America as a replacement for their own. Three generations ago my relatives did this - they literally abandoned their last name in the process.