Re: Please learn English better

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From: Chuck Coker
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 00:00

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On Thu, 19 Dec 1996 16:32:54 +0000, in sci.lang, Julian Pardoe
<pardoej@lonnds.ml.com> wrote:

> Reminds me of a bad joke (which I'm going to get wrong):
> 
> Q: What do you call a person who speaks four languages?
> A: A polyglot.
> 
> Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
> A: A bourgeois nationalist.
> 
> Q: What do you call a person who speaks one language?
> A: An internationalist.

The way I heard this joke, the last person was an American (United
States citizen). :^)

Chuck Coker
CJCoker@Cris.Com

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