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Old 09-26-2009, 03:08 PM   #210
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Originally Posted by creature6 View Post
how many languages does your father speak sweet Jane?
His major was German with a minor in Russian at University of Illinois, then he learned Turkish and taught English there in the '70's. He also speaks Spanish, Hungarian (to spite my cousin Bella who came over during the democratic uprising and said an American couldn't learn Hungarian), Greek, and during the 90's he took an interest in East Asian languages and now understands Japanese, Mandarin and Korean. He likes to read about Gaelic languages and languages currently spoken in India, but I don't think he's fluent in any of those.

So, about 9.
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