20090524

Tongue-Tied

Albanians are incredibly talented people. I'm able to travel around this country ordering food and coffees, hearing people's stories and country folklore while speaking solely in Italian. Most of the people that I've met are trilingual.. understanding Albanian, Italian and often English. I was at a bar a week ago and met an Albanian woman who spoke to me in English, Italian and French. They jump from language to language as if it was nothing and rarely get credit for this. They do start studying around the age of 7...

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