I am reminded of the probably spurious conversation between President Nixon
and Premier Golda Meir.  
Nixon: "We have a lot in common."
Meir: "Such as?"  
Nixon: "We both have Jewish Secretaries of State."
Meir: "Yes, but mine speaks English."

N. Scott Catledge, PhD/STD
Professor Emeritus
history & languages


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Date:    Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:20:21 -0700
From:    Brad Johnston <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Who does it right, continued

Henry Kissinger is one of the most articulate users of the English language=
 and he lived in Germany for the first 13 years of his life, where his pare=
nts spoke German, whence=A0the noticeable=A0accent.
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What makes the difference? Can it be isolated and understood?
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I started this to send it to a single interested party but maybe others wil=
l have a thought or two, so I'll send it to the list.
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.brad.13aug09.=0A=0A=0A      

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