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Bruce[_28_]

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> > > > I grew up in a WASP environment. Then I had a friend who was German
> > > > and
> > > > spent a lot of time in his house and German was the most commonly
> > > > spoken
> > > > language in his family. I picked up some from hanging out there and
> > > > took German for a few years in high school. We were taught French in
> > > > Gr
> > > > 7 and 9 and then through high school. When travelling in Europe I
> > > > could
> > > > get by in France and Germany. English and German made it possible to
> > > > get
> > > > by with Danish and Dutch. Italian was a little more of a struggle.
> > > > Asian languages?? They make no sense to me at all.
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> > > It's also because English and German are related and even English and
> > > French/Italian have a common ancestor language, but Asian languages are
> > > unrelated to the European languages.
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> > > My GD speaks Cantonese! There are no actual words that I can discern
> > > Asian languages don't seem to use actual words!
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> > No, they sound more like bird sounds. Impressive GD!
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> > She went to Hong Kong for two years and made the best use of her time
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> She sure did. If I was 20, I'd like to learn Cantonese. It's a bit late
> now
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> A more than a bit late for me))
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> She is getting married in December and some of her friends from Hong Kong
> will be attending which should be interesting)

Is she getting married in the UK?