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"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
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> We have a joke in French.
>
> Q. What do you call a person who speaks three languages?
> A. Trilingual
>
> Q. What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
> A. Bilingual
>
> Q. What do you call a person who speaks one language?
> A. English
>
> It's that old British Empah mentality where other lesser cultures
> must subsume their identities when in their august presence.
>
> :-,)


LOL yes we are very lazy I always think it is because most other
Countries are taught English in School and so we don't necessarily need to
know another language. Superior mentality? There are always those in every
culture who think that way (we see them in the groups - those who know
everything) but not those I know nor am I interested in such.

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