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Re: Why Americans feel no compulsion ...
At 12:21 AM 3/28/96, Syed Yusuf wrote:
>If a person who speaks three languages is tri-lingual
>If a person who speaks two languages is bi-lingual
>
>What do you call a person who only speaks one language?
>
>---------------------answer follows:
>
>An American.
Or our version:
What do you call a person who has to learn English as a second language in
order to compete in the world?
A foreigner.
(Sorry for the insult, but it seems that this thread is bringing out
insults from foreigners of all sorts.)
--Tim
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