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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6084 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 1 of 1 29 November 2007 at 3:46pm | IP Logged |
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The Czech humorous writer Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923) once played a practical joke on a friend. He claimed in a newspaper article that the friend knew Permak (one of the Finnic languages of Russia - I think it is now called Komi).
Not long after, the friend was accosted by a man who said, "I know Finnish and am studying Tatar, but Permak! That's fantastic! You must be the only person in Central Europe who knows it." 1 person has voted this message useful |
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