Not to mention that the fact that most of them know at least 2 languages, making you feel even more foolish...
Caught that, you did.
Doug
On 2013-06-11, at 4:15 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Languageless
> moving
> from situation
> to situation
> on the basis
> of visual cues,
> fingerfuls
> of loose change
> and gooby smiling.
>
> Everything you thought
> important, everything
> which defines you
> as adult
> has been bound up in being
> understandable.
> Now you're the muggins.
> Almost adrift.
>
> But for your Mastercard.
>
Douglas Barbour
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