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Old 30-Apr-2007, 13:32
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Default Re: Learning Foreign Languages: Is it a hobby or a must?

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Originally Posted by Casiopea View Post
Speaking of which, how would you, and others, finish this:

What do you call a person who speaks three languages? Trilingual.
What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Bilingual.
What do you call a person who speaks one language? ________

The answer isn't monolingual.
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My answer: my grandfather, my boss, my next-door neighbour, and some of my students.
I agree with you. But I must say we all speak one language though we know more. I don't like people speaking two three languages at the same time. I mean when they mix all the languages they know. It's a show. It shows that they don't speak any of them fluently.
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