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In reply to the discussion: Language expert says Melania Trump's claim she speaks 6 languages is not true [View all]karynnj
(59,501 posts)57. You know who could fluently speak at least that number of languages and should have been first lady?
Teresa Kerry, who had studied to be an interpreter and who who worked doing that at the UN.
Yet the right wing, who extol the many skills of Melania, complained that she had an accent and were unconcerned about her "work".
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Language expert says Melania Trump's claim she speaks 6 languages is not true [View all]
sandensea
Oct 2019
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Americans easily accept someone's claim that they are "fluent" in a second or third
LuckyLib
Oct 2019
#9
And this, from the same people who swear up and down that Obama 'didn't go to Harvard'.
sandensea
Oct 2019
#66
She say, "anal is $300" in five different languages, but that doesn't qualify as fluent. Not at
brewens
Oct 2019
#26
*I* know five languages other than English because I took courses in college and
no_hypocrisy
Oct 2019
#28
If she can speak only one language fluently, that puts her one ahead of her husband. nt
Buns_of_Fire
Oct 2019
#35
she also claimed Meredith wrote the speech she plagiarized from Michelle Obama.
Baltimike
Oct 2019
#48
So the fact that I can ask where the bathroom is and order a beer in Spanish means I am bi-lingual..
Thomas Hurt
Oct 2019
#51
I'm bi-lingual. Nick, nick bo bick, banana fana fo fick,fee fi fo fick. Nick.
Cousin Dupree
Oct 2019
#55
You know who could fluently speak at least that number of languages and should have been first lady?
karynnj
Oct 2019
#57