Putting the “bi” back in “bilingual” - Esther J. Cepeda

Posted on: July 15th, 2008
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““P-d-D” translates into “Question of the Day” and this one comes from J.O. a long-time reader somewhere out in cyberspace who, being particularly interested in linguistics and even a proponent of alternative spellings, had this question:

Q. A few weeks ago Obama said something about requiring students to learn a second language. He commented that he’s embarrassed he only knows English. I feel the same way. “*

*From: http://www.600words.com
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