[lg policy] UK: Clever Clegg minds his languages - all six of them

[Dave Sayers]

When Tony Blair was Prime Minister, he won a lot of favour in France by 
speaking French in TV interviews and other appearances; but he was 
always very quiet about this skill to British audiences. You could well 
be forgiven for never knowing he spoke a word of any other language. I'd 
wager that he saw more suspicion than admiration in Britain for 
multilingualism...!

Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers
Honorary Research Fellow
School of the Environment and Society
Swansea University
d.sayers at swansea.ac.uk
http://swansea.academia.edu/DaveSayers



On 19:59, Harold Schiffman wrote:
> Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu
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> The Independent
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> Clever Clegg minds his languages - all six of them
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> As Nick Clegg fell fluently into German during his visit to Berlin
> last week, his senior Cabinet colleague William Hague held fast to his
> translation earphones so he could understand what the Deputy Prime
> Minister was saying. I bet he did. Anything could have been going on.
> Clegg could have signed Britain up to the euro.
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> A mastery of foreign languages is regarded by most of us with
> admiration – and suspicion. Clegg is more connected to European blood
> lines than the Royal Family, and can converse in most countries. He
> famously has five languages, six if you count his much-admired body
> language. It is not a question of token phrases.
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> Full story:
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/sarah-sands/sarah-sands-clever-clegg-minds-his-languages--all-six-of-them-1999030.html
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