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[quote=Anonymous]What do you call a person who speaks three languages? Trilingual What do you call a preson who speaks two languages? Bilingual What do you call a person who only speaks one language? American It's not really funny, but it holds true. As for PP's comment that kids get a whopping three years of foreign language education, well, that's about how much I have, and my 2nd language shows it. My kids, however, lucked into immersion from K on. The oldest will graduate in a couple years with certificates showing bilingual status and biliteracy. The people who are "against" this don't want to acknowledge how the feel inferior/unintelligent. So now it's "unamerican" to be smart, and knowing more than one language is one of those things "for elites". Americans these days have mastered one thing: shooting ourselves in our feet.[/quote]
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