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Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people
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Thu, 4 May 2000 21:12:58 GMT
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[trimmed .general, added .people]
Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> writes:
> Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> > 1) well, actually, English is my fourth language, but I've spoken it
> > since I was five, so it's the one I know best. In the meantime,
> > I've managed to retain some of my Dutch, relearn my Spanish, and
> > forget my German...
>
> What's language #1? I've been trying to figure out where "Lambrecht"
> comes from;
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 anything but Dutch at home. After
moving to the US, I spoke German with the landlord, but in the process of
learning English, I gave up on the German.
I relearned Spanish in high school. All along, I've kept most of my
Dutch--I can read it and speak it for the most part, and I can understand
it fine, but I can't write because I don't know any of the grammar or
spelling.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht................BramL@JUNO.com
http://www.chuh.org/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/
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