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Gobbledigook

September 12, 2008

“DONDE YADAYADAYADA BLAHBLAH YADA BLAH,” the man shouted at me.
Well, that wasn’t exactly what he said, but it’s what it sounded like to me. It was just a bunch of “gobbledigook.”
He was shouting in Spanish, and the only word I caught was “donde.” I knew he was asking “where” something was. [...]

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Link Love–Stories Beget Stories

May 12, 2007

Often when I perform a story before an audience, the tale I tell brings memories to people of their own stories. One of the thrills of my job is when audience members approach me after the performance to tell me a tale. For me, this is a high honor, because I know that [...]

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Bilingual? I’m Tongue-Tied.

March 25, 2007

I heard a speaker ask the audience once, “What do you call a person who speaks two languages?” The answer, of course, was “bilingual.” He then asked, “What do you call a person who speaks three languages?” We all chimed in with “trilingual.” He then asked, “What do you call a person who speaks one [...]

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