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Old 11-05-2006, 10:28 AM   #22 (permalink)
Mark Lapierre
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Originally Posted by aelle View Post
...how many languages can you handle at once?
I can only handle the three that I know, but since my current grasp of two of them is not all that strong, that's not a difficult feat, and handling means fumbling

However in Japan I met a Danish guy who was fluent in English, German, Danish, and while not fluent in Japanese he was very good. If I remember correctly he could also speak French, but there was no-one else speaking French at the time.

I also remember a tour guide in France who spoke in 6 different languages with the other tourists and my family. She knew 11 in total (can't remember what they all were though).
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