I would define a peer as someone who studied a foreign language in high school, not necessarily someone who has a degree in a foreign language. That would be limiting it too much.
I'm always surprised when people can't guess meaning from context. It's something I do all the damn time, you know? That's how I read Spiegel without a dictionary. That's how I read some things in ENGLISH without a dictionary.
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Date: 2010-07-26 06:41 pm (UTC)From:I'm always surprised when people can't guess meaning from context. It's something I do all the damn time, you know? That's how I read Spiegel without a dictionary. That's how I read some things in ENGLISH without a dictionary.