General Discussion

That one was worthy of Chief Showcase in "Yellow Back Radio Broke Down."

One of my favorites is the Republican penchant for telling people "I speak American."

I then ask, "which one?" This prompts "Whaddya mean?"

I answer, "well since English, Spanish, French and Portuguese are European languages, you can't be referring to them. American languages are Navajo, Lakota, Cherokee, Apache, Nahuatl, Seminole, Hopi, etc. etc. etc. If you are telling me you speak "American," I'm already impressed, so tell me which one?"

Oh, and if you think I have a big repetoire, I know a guy here who was born in Transylvania who speaks Hungarian, Romanian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew, Aramäic, and Yiddish, as well as fluent English. I may have him matched in number, but he is miles ahead of me in sophistication! We have English, Dutch, Spanish, French and German in common, but he leaves me in the dust with the others.