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Multilingual

**Note – this isn’t really related to anything.

Exchange as I was handing back papers in class today:

A:  Danke.  That means “thank you” in German.
Me:  спасибо.  That means “thank you” in Russian.
A:  Um, gracias.  That means “thank you” in Spanish.
Me:  Merci.  That means “thank you” in French.
D:  Yeah? Grazie. That means “thank you” in Italian.
Me:   Ank-thay ou-yay. That means “thank you” in Pig Latin.
A:  Thank you. That means “thank you” in English. [pause] I got nothing.

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