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My parents speak at least 3 languages each; I can barely manage my mother tongue. What went wrong?
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October 9, 2026
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Explore Today's NewsLike her polyglot parents, millennial Jillian Lim has socialised with people of many races and ethnicities all her life. She interrogates why this exposure hasn't made her more proficient with a variety of languages and dialects.
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