Hey, Randall, I sincerely love your posts and hope you keep up the information flow because it's very helpful!
May I rephrase your language here-- just for fun?
"By the way, Tony, I am an American, born in the United States and I have only spoken English, at least until I've grown older. I learned drunkenese early, and also, learned Spanish rather well. I can say some things in German, and even know one or two phrases in Arabic. But my first, and almost only real tongue, is English."
"When I was in school, they didn't teach other languages in the United States, and most Americans I know can only speak English. I do know some really big words though, and I have a lot of science in my head. Mostly useless stuff, but it is there....
"BTW, I went to a lot of schools, where the toga parties were fun!"
With all due respect, Christine
"By the way Tony I am an American born in the United States I only spoke English. At least till I grew older. I learned dwunkenese early I learned Spanish kind of good. I can say some things in German. I know one or two phrases in Arabic. But my first and almost only is English. When I was in school they did not teach any other in the United States. Most Americans I know can only speak English . I do know some real big words though. I have a lot of science in my head .Mostly useless stuff but it is there. I went to a lot of schools. The toga parties were fun."
AI
