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20. From what I've encountered some people have a knack others just don't.

Thu Oct 3, 2019, 03:08 AM

Oct 2019

For example: my one aunt has taken English language classes her entire life, and is still not truly fluent. She struggles with syntax to this day, it gets messed up in her mind. My grandmother is truly multi lingual. She immersed herself in the language. She speaks German, English plus Spanish fluently. Simply because she's lived in Germany, Mexico and the US and she adapted completely.

Many of us are multi lingual, as in we can think and speak more than one language, but others simply cannot. They think in one language and muddle through in others. Which means they're not fluent.

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Language expert says Melania Trump's claim she speaks 6 languages is not true [View all] sandensea Oct 2019 OP

she is as big a fraud as is Trump Skittles Oct 2019 #1

How hard is it to say "you pay me first" in different languages? PSPS Oct 2019 #2

Her 6 languages Maven Oct 2019 #4

+1 sandensea Oct 2019 #14

Lol!!! spooky3 Oct 2019 #53

+1. And "Thank you - come again" dalton99a Oct 2019 #7

That costs extra... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #12

Heh. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2019 #32

lol Demovictory9 Oct 2019 #10

I remember seeing the news clip of her with the French kids kskiska Oct 2019 #3

+1. "She spoke fluent French!" dalton99a Oct 2019 #8

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Be beast! sandensea Oct 2019 #17

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Don't make me look things up early in the morning please. rzemanfl Oct 2019 #37

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Back at you. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2019 #50

Kung Pao Gai Ding. LOOK! I can speak Chinese! JHB Oct 2019 #6

Americans easily accept someone's claim that they are "fluent" in a second or third LuckyLib Oct 2019 #9

I had five years in Jr high and high school xmas74 Oct 2019 #56

I... myohmy2 Oct 2019 #11

True. sandensea Oct 2019 #13

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Really? herding cats Oct 2019 #15

Predisposed to learning foreign languages, or not predisposed? sandensea Oct 2019 #16

From what I've encountered some people have a knack others just don't. herding cats Oct 2019 #20

So I take it Ms. Be Best wouldn't qualify as proficient? sandensea Oct 2019 #22

Well, for a while they were saying she had a master's degree... Dave Starsky Oct 2019 #29

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And this, from the same people who swear up and down that Obama 'didn't go to Harvard'. sandensea Oct 2019 #66

Yeah, she speaks six languages the same way I do. Coventina Oct 2019 #18

I will get a hide from this, and will proudly take it. 912gdm Oct 2019 #19

So far...... SergeStorms Oct 2019 #38

Is "Europeon" deliberate? n/t rzemanfl Oct 2019 #39

Be Best LuvNewcastle Oct 2019 #49

Fluency is a relative term. DFW Oct 2019 #21

I think you can be fluent.. cannabis_flower Oct 2019 #34

To be fair, "Zbig" was real life DFW Oct 2019 #54

Yes, I believe your standards are a little too stringent cannabis_flower Oct 2019 #59

That would generously make me fluent in nine languages DFW Oct 2019 #64

I don't call myself fluent.. cannabis_flower Oct 2019 #68

I used to live in Spain and went to school there DFW Oct 2019 #69

Awww, Gee! Aussie105 Oct 2019 #23

I don't care. n/t cynatnite Oct 2019 #24

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Of course it's not true: they said it. Nt PCIntern Oct 2019 #25

She say, "anal is $300" in five different languages, but that doesn't qualify as fluent. Not at brewens Oct 2019 #26

Porn audio kozar Oct 2019 #36

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And odd that she doesn't claim to be fluent in Russian tavernier Oct 2019 #27

*I* know five languages other than English because I took courses in college and no_hypocrisy Oct 2019 #28

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By this standard, I'm a polyglot. neeksgeek Oct 2019 #30

It's not a big deal. Lots of people in Europe speak leftyladyfrommo Oct 2019 #31

It's obvious she's not the sharpest tack. Look what she married. Vinca Oct 2019 #33

If she can speak only one language fluently, that puts her one ahead of her husband. nt Buns_of_Fire Oct 2019 #35

She looks evil in that photo. Her eyes look evil. blm Oct 2019 #47

And clueless. sandensea Oct 2019 #67

she also claimed Meredith wrote the speech she plagiarized from Michelle Obama. Baltimike Oct 2019 #48

So the fact that I can ask where the bathroom is and order a beer in Spanish means I am bi-lingual.. Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #51

She can speak... Mike Nelson Oct 2019 #52

I'm bi-lingual. Nick, nick bo bick, banana fana fo fick,fee fi fo fick. Nick. Cousin Dupree Oct 2019 #55

You know who could fluently speak at least that number of languages and should have been first lady? karynnj Oct 2019 #57

She's a semi literate gold digger njhoneybadger Oct 2019 #58

When I was in elementary school.. luvs2sing Oct 2019 #60

"Leave the money on the table before you leave" in how many languages? flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #61

When Cheeto heard that, he was smitten. sandensea Oct 2019 #65

In that case I speak 4 languages WhiteTara Oct 2019 #62

Many people in various parts of the world speak several languages, Hortensis Oct 2019 #63

Garsony Mendocino Oct 2019 #70

Parfait! sandensea Oct 2019 #71

Here's an interesting vid on the subject of Mel allegedly speaking multiple languages: area51 Oct 2019 #72

On Italian TV WilmywoodNCparalegal Oct 2019 #73