Parlez-Vous Français? Americans and Foreign Languages

Parlez-Vous Français? Americans and Foreign Languages
There are many good reasons to learn a second langage. Von Alex Ragen / Shutterstock
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Man of letters Samuel Johnson once remarked, “Depend on it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates the mind wonderfully.”

In the spring of 1974, I learned the truth of that saying.

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Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a passel of grandkids. He has written two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” as well as “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” You’ll find more of his writing at JeffMinick.substack.com.
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