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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]cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)59. Yes, I believe your standards are a little too stringent
According to Lexico.com, powered by Oxford ( https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fluent ) fluent means:
1. Able to express oneself easily and articulately.
a fluent speaker and writer on technical subjects
1.1 Able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately.
she became fluent in French and German
1.2 (of a foreign language) spoken accurately and with facility.
he spoke fluent Spanish
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fluent
So one can be fluent and still have an accent. One can also be an inarticulate native speaker - like Trump (Beavis or is it Butthead?)
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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