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interestedparty
18y ago
What an ignorant jerk.
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interestedparty
18y ago
I think his point, however, was that even an exclusive English speaker can communicate (in writing) arithmetic calculations without involving English. You don't have to 'mentally say' anything in English, so the inefficiency is mitigated.