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Quick wee nitpicks from a USian with Canadian and British affinities: (...) Here's the nitpick: the injunction against "bloody" has entirely to do with the British (primarily the English)--it doesn't offend any US-born Americans that I know. It's (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) LOL! Ever noticed, even on LUGNET, that many of the non-native speakers of English use better grammer than quite a few Americans? Every now and then, some obscure idiom slips in, but otherwise, I must commend you ESLers on your proficiency[1]! (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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<!!!Potentially Offensive Joke About Language Proficiency Alert!!!> (heh) (...) As the joke goes, if you know three languages, you're trilingual. If you know two languages, you're bilingual. If you know one language, you're English. If you know no (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hehe... #4: Dutch #3: Spanish #2: German #1: English Lindsay... You know you're up late when you can't count <grin, duck and run> -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) No, no, no. I meant #1 in terms of the first language he learned to speak. Sheesh. ;) And who's up late?!? best LFB FUT->o-t.fun (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, Americans are arrogant (at times), and ethnocentric. But they are among the friendliest people in the world. However, the center of the known universe is still Billund Denmark! :-) Gary Istok (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) [Bram's words below] (...) My guess (in the order he learned to speak them) is: 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Spanish 4. English (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I was born in Belgium to two Belgian parents. Then, in Argentina, I learned to speak Dutch and Spanish at the same time (probably a bastardization of both). At age 2.5, I moved to Germany, where I spoke German at school, but refused to speak (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <3910A891.B1F81255@p...su.edu>... (...) Excellent! Constructive criticism is welcome ;-) (...) agree (...) wonderfully (...) Well..... you have to remember that I'm talking about the milder vulgarities, I don't mean (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, right, I'm *sure* that's what you meant... <mutters under breath> trying to cover for yourself <\mutter> (hey, we're in .fun now. I'm allowed ;-) (...) Shhhh! Shucks, ya got me... just don't tell my parents ;) -Shiri (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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