From: "David K. Merriman" <merriman@arn.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 09:44:59 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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At 04:42 AM 03/28/96 -0800, Anonymous wrote:
>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
>
>
>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

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