>>>>>>5 languages, that's impressive. And I think pretty unusual for an American.
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>>>>>Indeed...for an American. <s>
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>>>>That was my point. It certainly wasn't stated with pride. My guess is most Americans speak only English with some pidgin Spanish now (waving hand). My understanding is many Belgians speak multiple languages due to the demographic makeup.
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>>>Let me put it this way: if i were a US citizen i would make d*mn sure i spoke fluent Spanish...
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>>I agree that people should try to speak more than one language. I remember when Obama was running for his first term he said something to the effect that americans should learn Spanish. Yet, he does not know Spanish; neither does his wife. I can't name one democrat in the US congress (non-hispanic) who speak even passable Spanish. Don't you find it hypocritical? :) Yet, some republicans do pretty well: both Bush brothers, George and Jeb speak fairly good Spanish. I am not a republican (more like libertarian) but speak fairly good Spanish (at least I read novels, magazines, watch movies).
>>On a non-spanish topic, I was in Brugge a few weeks ago (vacation in Amsterdam and a couple of cities in Belgium) and liked it a lot. Very nice city and excellent beer :).
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>Why does it always seems to boil down to a Dem-Rep contest ? lol

You tell me :)