Re: This week on Dancing with the Stars Re: The Business Memoir -the``whom''question


"António Marques" <m.ap@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ekkehard Dengler wrote:

What do all those people you talk to think about your interest in their
language?

Not all of them know of it, but those who do are usually flattered
and/or
slightly amused.

Don't they find it downright astounding that a german knows portuguese
as well as you do?

Not really, but then they probably don't think of me as a linguistic
outsider. Nationalities are immaterial in any case.

Regards,
Ekkehard


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