<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>All: The visit of M. Macron to the US this week has prompted me to wonder where and how he learned his English, which in some cases is quite proficient, except for a number of instances of mistakes in the assignment of stress to certain vowels. But in general his English is quite proficient, making me wonder<br></div>where and how he learned it. <br><br></div>I lived in France for two years a number of decades ago,during a time when it was definitely not cool to speak English in public. De Gaulle was the President and wouldn't have been caught dead speaking English in public. So I practiced my French every day, and rarely met anyone with the proficiency in English that Macron demonstrates. So my question is, does anyone out there know how and where M. Macron learned English, and if so, would you share that knowledge with people on this list?<br><br></div>Best,<br><br></div>Hal Schiffman<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div>