Re: Rio de Janeiro (was: Re: Hello)

> > And now, my dear Jan, you know much more about me and languages than you
or
> > anyone else ever wanted to! ;-)
>
> Oh dear, this is really impressive. And I thought I was
> something special with my nine languages!
Well, how well do you speak those nine? (And which nine are they, BTW? I
know Dutch, English, and Polish, obviously, but that leaves 6 more...) You
could still be more impressive than I am! After all, as I explained at far
too much length, I've now forgotten most or all of what I used to know of
most of the languages in my list. :-(  I've been reduced to knowing *about*
them, and knowing how they work, but not being able to actually *speak* them
anymore.

> In correct Dutch that would be "Tot ziens", just
> picking ;)
You know, I actually started to write "ziens", but then I stopped, thought
about how I've heard it pronounced, and wrote "siens" instead. Darn it. :-)

Thomas

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