Today a friend emailed me an article about a dear man who speaks 24 languages fluently and can converse in many more. This man and his story delight me. I am still working on learning Spanish as a second language on Duolingo. I feel that I know some of the happiness that Vaughn Smith experiences each time he learns a new language.
Attempting to learn Spanish has brought me unexpected joy every day since I began the free Duolingo lessons in the fall of 2019. This year I decided use some of my limited income to pay for more thorough lessons on Duolingo. In addition to that, I listen to books on tape in Spanish whenever I am in my car. Although I had two years of Spanish in high school, I never learned as much as I have learned on Duolingo. It was only since 2019 that I learned to roll my R's!
I love the sound of language whether I understand it or not. I love the numerous ways that English is spoken in the United States and throughout the world. I love all the ways people speak English as a second language. I love seeing people speak in sign language. Music is a language understood all over the world. And everything has its language. Birds. The sky, Trees. You name it and it speaks with or without sound.
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