on the Hunter posting

[Georges Adassovsky]

Dear Tsuji!

>Basically speaking, Georges Adassovsky endorsed all of the
>important points I made, I hate to argue with him, but I
>just want to tell him the facts about "acquiring perfect
>pronunciation".
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>Please let me repeat my points: adults need special training for
>correcting accents and that sort of trainers do not usually exist.
>That is why adults are hard to speak like a native. However, there is
>little demand for a proper accent these days everywhere in the world,
>because "accent" has lost its prestige everywhere.

I agree with the whole of your argumentation. But we are not discussing
about the same thing : you analyse the fact of being a really excellent
speaker, and I speak about the definition of a "native" speaker. My
definition was : the ability to be perceived by nationals as one of them. I
beleive that whatever excellent a foreign speaker may be (it is the case of
your theater actors), it will always remain something that will induce a
national to realize he is discussing with a foreigner. (see Alina's
demonstration)

Best,
Georges.