tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16106043.post1010216809397319319..comments2023-09-01T05:39:51.888-07:00Comments on the last noel: Literary Insularitythe last noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883917612366394420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16106043.post-73524265144648251282008-10-01T09:15:00.000-07:002008-10-01T09:15:00.000-07:00Probably also a product of America's lack of forei...Probably also a product of America's lack of foreign language skills. I'll bet that the vast majority of Americans who speak a language in addition to English do so because English is their second language.josephine anne linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05712880611838483584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16106043.post-50386309411870868642008-10-01T02:19:00.000-07:002008-10-01T02:19:00.000-07:00Frankly, and I hate to be a total show-off here, I...Frankly, and I hate to be a total show-off here, I think it's a good idea to learn other languages...read books in their original diction.<BR/><BR/>I can do it in French. I want to be able to do it in German. I think I will one day.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there are AMAZING translations out there. What a skill! To translate well!Don Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906705792248172718noreply@blogger.com