Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

[Grant Taylor]

On 11/25/18 3:51 PM, Bill Gunshannon 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.

Monolingual.

> OK, it's a joke. (I'm American and speak 4 languages.)

I've heard it before.  I know there are a LOT of monolingual people in 
the world that don't live in the U.S.A.  But I'll guess that percentage 
wise, the U.S.A. is probably up there for monolingual people.



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