English speakers are the world's worst linguists?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/ma...-linguists.xml
English speakers are the world's worst linguists?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/ma...-linguists.xml
Clevernick: Serial Expatriate. Sublimated Writer. Niggly editor. Bdsm publisher.
See also this library's "Obnoxious Housemate (published as "From Zealot to Harlot")",
and of course bdsmbooks.com
Being proudly monolingual is not exactly the same as being a poor linguist.
Besides what dose a preference for French sexual deviations have to do with grammar?
A recent EU meeting on defense was attended by a French representative who spoke both French and English (bilingual); A German General who spoke French, German, and English (trilingual); A Belgium host who spoke French, German,Spanish,Flemish,Dutch, and English (multilingual) and a Lt.Col. who graduated with honors from West Point.
He spoke only English so I guess that would makes him an American.
You see it's not just the Brits that are too lazy to learn another tongue.
yours
Mad Lews
English does not borrow from other languages. English follows other languages into dark alleys, raps them over the head with a cudgel, then goes through their pockets for loose vocabulary and spare grammar.
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