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David K. Merriman

17 Dec 2003 17 Dec '03
11:17 p.m.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 04:42 AM 03/28/96 -0800, Anonymous wrote:

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At 12:21 AM 3/28/96, Syed Yusuf wrote:

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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

Dont be sorry!

Foreigner can atleast speak broken English. Can American speak broken foreign language?

As a matter of fact, I speak broken Tagalog, broken Japanese, pidgin Korean, and and can generally make myself understood in Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Spanish, and French. Oh, yes, I'm also fluent in Aussie :-) Dave Merriman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMVoK/8VrTvyYOzAZAQHrXAP/ZMOgx+VkqHXCQHBFXIdVVHzlCcJIo3L6 2LyqMnY0cJ5ZFD8mCNsBTTe2DAXFpN1WV03JFym/JIxAuL0TQuN0WKZ2HFSuk997 AZPo21whZbXVQlRGrr6JjiR8p2nqHMMBpNC2bfr2r/rny7UmnGGp8C1e6crPtrQF PiyDbd20zbM= =Swae -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." P. J. O'Rourke (b. 1947), U.S. journalist. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> http://www.shellback.com/personal/merriman/index.htm

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