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MäcØSŸ
Diglot
Senior Member
United Kingdom
Joined 5808 days ago
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Speaks: Italian*, English^C2
Studies: German

Message 97 of 142

19 June 2009 at 4:40pm | IP Logged

Italian politicians are not good with foreign languages, here are two funny videos:
Rutelli
Berlusconi
:D
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Grammaticus
Hexaglot
Newbie
Norway
Joined 5752 days ago
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Speaks: French^C2, Norwegian*, English^C2, German^C2, Italian, Russian

Message 98 of 142

19 June 2009 at 8:36pm | IP Logged

Norwegians are often given credit for speaking good English, but it's not always the case. About 30 years ago, when opening a fair, prime minister Oddvar Nordli said in his welcome adress: "Welcome to this mess!". Messe in norwegian means fair.
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William Camden
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United Kingdom
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Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French

Message 99 of 142

19 June 2009 at 11:14pm | IP Logged

Grammaticus wrote:

Messe is presumably a loanword from German.
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Grammaticus
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Norway
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Speaks: French^C2, Norwegian*, English^C2, German^C2, Italian, Russian

Message 100 of 142

20 June 2009 at 1:14pm | IP Logged

William Camden wrote:

Grammaticus wrote:

Messe is presumably a loanword from German.

Yup
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Juan M.
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Colombia
Joined 5898 days ago
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Message 102 of 142

08 July 2009 at 3:48pm | IP Logged

The Colombian presidential elections are a year away, and one of the main weeklies is running a series of profiles on the many figures who may participate in the different primaries. Readers of this forum might find it interesting that one of the categories used for presenting them -along with previous positions and place of birth- is languages. Most of the ones I've seen speak several.
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Juan M.
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Colombia
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Message 103 of 142

08 July 2009 at 3:50pm | IP Logged

zocurtis wrote:

Barack Obama speaks Indonesian, has a passable knowledge in Spanish and I think he is an intellectual in English.

At the very least, he is a very capable reader of English from flashing screens.
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