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Re: linguistic miracles, Too much for one lifetime? :-)
Re: linguistic miracles, Too much for one lifetime? :-) [message #404888] |
Thu, 28 January 2021 14:13 |
John Levine
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In article <87k0rxaaqh.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>,
Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:
> They're doing this in Quebec too. They pretend to only speak French. But
> I already had it that one of these persons (neighbour) a few weeks asked
> me for help and addressed me in English. He must have learned perfect
> English in just a couple of days! ;-)
When we vistited Quebec, their English got a whole lot better when
they heard my accent and realized I was from New York, not from
Ontario.
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