The cult of the hyperpolyglot

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. My first language is American English.

My second is French, and I'm not too terrible in it.

I can also muddle by in Spanish and can painfully express a few basic things in German. Same with Italian.

One of my few real regrets in life is that I have not had or made the opportunity to live in another country and really get to know another language. Or that I could persuade either of my sons to do a foreign exchange thing when they were in high school.

I console myself that at least I know a bit of several other languages. So many Americans only know English.