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To: taxcontrol

My friend’s son spent a college semester studying in Denmark.

He stayed with a Danish host family. The father of the family told him “Don’t waste any time trying to learn Danish. Only five million people speak it. And most of us speak English anyway”.


32 posted on 05/21/2019 12:51:08 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

In fact one of the demands that refugees make in those countries is for the government to have more services in English.

Ironic.


40 posted on 05/21/2019 1:03:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I lived three years in Denmark, speak fluent Danish and enjoy immensely using the language as often as possible. It's really a thrill to be able to hear their accent when speaking English and suddenly I break into: Nej Du, det siger du ikke!(You don't say)

Also listen to Jazz from Copenhagen every day to keep my ear in the language as they have news on the hour every hour.

89 posted on 05/21/2019 4:07:27 PM PDT by Utah Binger (At The Maynard Dixon Home and Studio Mount Carmel Utah)
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