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    How many languages?

    A young Indian girl in the business lounge has over the last 30 minutes swapped languages three times and been fluent in each.

    Talking to me in English she then phoned India speaking Hindi, before swapping and speaking perfect French to the couple sat opposite. On chatting she is an under graduate undertaking languages & IT in India and can speak German as well.

    You're all fooked, you know that don't you.
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    I struggle with English
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    Monolingual and proud of it
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    Two
    8.70%
    2
    Three
    21.74%
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    Four
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    Five
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    More than five
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    AndyW's mum says I'm a cunning linguist.
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    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

    #2
    Does Klingon count?
    Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
    I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

    I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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      #3
      Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
      A young Indian girl in the business lounge has over the last 30 minutes swapped languages three times and been fluent in each.

      Talking to me in English she then phoned India speaking Hindi, before swapping and speaking perfect French to the couple sat opposite. On chatting she is an under graduate undertaking languages & IT in India and can speak German as well.

      You're all fooked, you know that don't you.
      I hope you got her order right.

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        #4
        Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
        A young Indian girl in the business lounge has over the last 30 minutes swapped languages three times and been fluent in each.

        Talking to me in English she then phoned India speaking Hindi, before swapping and speaking perfect French to the couple sat opposite. On chatting she is an under graduate undertaking languages & IT in India and can speak German as well.

        You're all fooked, you know that don't you.
        Would Mitch?

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          #5
          Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
          I hope you got her order right.
          Even Homer Simpson would get french fries and Coke order right.

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            #6
            How do you know she's fluent unless you are fluent too?

            She could be babbling incoherently and they native speakers being polite...

            I well remember being sat in the airport transfer bus from Sheremetyevo 2 to 1, c 2002, separate buildings then and was chatting to this Danish guy who claimed he spoke fluent Russian, he gets off the bus and walked straight into an unyielding door marked 'входа нет' - means 'No entry'. Wad a dick!

            Jim Royle was also on the bus and said 'Fluent my arse...'

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              #7
              But does she talk the language of luurve?

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                #8
                Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                Talking to me in English
                How would you know? You only talk bollux.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                  How would you know? You only talk bollux.
                  Tri-lingial - English, bollux and bulltulip.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by MadDawg View Post
                    Tri-lingial - English, bollux and bulltulip.
                    You forgot about yank and drunk as well dearie
                    "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

                    Norrahe's blog

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