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Originally Posted by pilotbob
BTW: Is there a difference between being "wrong" and "dead wrong"?  |
I'll give you another example of "dead wrong." bhartman36 likes to think he knows more about languages generally than do I.
Now, if literacy is defined as being able to read and write above a 5th grade level, then I am only literate in two languages. However, if being able to communicate with others is your definition then my language skills expand quite a bit.
I lived with the Sami (herding reindeer), and can communicate in Saami. I lived and worked in Greece (working on the dig at Akrotiri), and can communicate in Greek. I lived and worked in Spain (at the Prado), and can communicate in Spanish (that's one of my above 5th grade skills languages). In fact, I wrote several papers (not published, but then not all college papers are) on books in Medieval Spanish. I lived in China, and I am told my Chinese used to be passable. I think it sucks now. I can communicate in French and German as well as Italian. I can also communicate in Navajo (I grew up with the Navajo).
So, I can hardly wait to hear about all of his language skills. He must be a phenomenal linguist.
Oh, and I misspoke. I was in the top 2% of my class in two of my graduate school pursuits. In the third, I was only in the top 5% (that's what I get for working full time while going to school). Quel dommage (or quel fromage as we love to say around here).