Klarinet Archive - Posting 000514.txt from 1999/12

From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: eefer
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:39:06 -0500

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 01:21:13 +0100, Rien Stein wrote:
>
>Next, whenever I meet a citizen of the USA, who is able to speak a foreign
>language at whatever level, I will make him my compliments. .... "Yes, I
>__*teach*__ it, but ... I do not speak it"!!!!!

What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Bilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks one language? American.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
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