25 Nov
2018
25 Nov
'18
2:51 p.m.
On 11/25/18 5:42 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 11/23/18 5:52 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote:
Q.? What do you call someone who speaks three languages?
A. Trilingual.
Q.? What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
A. Bilingual.
Q.? What do you call someone who speaks one language?
A. American.
OK, it's a joke. (I'm American and speak 4 languages.)
bill
Worse than that, it's *American* ignorance
and cultural snobbery
which also affects various English-speaking countries.
Please do not ascribe such ignorance with such a broad brush, at least
not without qualifiers that account for people that do try to respect
other people's cultures.