A friend of mine, a couple of jobs back, told me this great joke.
We were walking out to our cars after a fun day at work and he proceeds to tell the joke.
Srini: "What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?"
Me: "Tri-lingual?"
Srini: "What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?"
Me: "Bi-linqual?"
Srini: "What do you call someone who speaks 1 language?"
Me: "I don't know, mono-lingual?"
Srini: "American."
Srini was not American born, nor is that is full name. He also spoke 3 or 4 languages and he was giving me a hard time for being "mono-lingual."
His full name consists of a whopping 26 letters. I went to great effort to learn how to pronounce his name prior to his interview. Took about 4 weeks to get it right.
Not really sure why I recalled that particular joke today...but it was a good one. I miss Srini...such a good sport and a fun guy. If you ever run into him, ask him, "Can I tie that for you?" and see the different shades of red he turns.
2 comments:
I'm not sure you could really say that Americans speak even ONE language (correctly, anyway!)
ouch!
i would probably be more offended if it weren't so true. i would joke with my Indian friends that they spoke better English than I did.
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