Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!saquigley From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.nlang Subject: Re: Teaching children to be bilingual Message-ID: <9542@watmath.UUCP> Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 13:58:14 EDT Article-I.D.: watmath.9542 Posted: Tue Oct 23 13:58:14 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Oct-84 03:38:27 EDT References: <1505@ucla-cs.ARPA> <858@ihuxb.UUCP> <666@hound.UUCP>, <1373@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 22 >Now is probably a good time to dust off the joke which went around the net >about a year ago. > >What does one call a person who speaks three languages? > > A trilingual > >What does one call a person who speaks two languages? > > A bilingual > >What does one call a person who speaks one language? > > An American > > I think the punchline should be: A Canadian (and proud to be one damnit, we won't let those f...ing frogs/anglos tell us how to lead OUR lives!) Sophie Quigley ...!{clyde,ihnp4,decvax}!watmath!saquigley