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Expression: "You are talking to an American, Torsten -- ergo, a de jure...'



 
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Expression: "You are talking to an American, Torsten -- ergo, a de jure...' #1 (permalink) Wed Dec 13, 2006 22:01 pm   Expression: "You are talking to an American, Torsten -- ergo, a de jure...'
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
You are talking to an American, Torsten -- ergo, a de jure unilingual


Hi

Could you please explain the red part to me??

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Expression: "You are talking to an American, Torsten -- ergo, a de jure...' #2 (permalink) Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:47 am   Expression: "You are talking to an American, Torsten -- ergo, a de jure...'
 

Hi Tom

ergo
-thus
de jure-legally(its opposite de facto), rightfully (In Russian both terms are hyphenated)
unilingual- using only one language

Hope that clarifies things :)
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Expression: "You are talking to an American, Torsten -- ergo, a de jure...' #3 (permalink) Thu Dec 14, 2006 22:46 pm   Expression: "You are talking to an American, Torsten -- ergo, a de jure...'
 

Que lastima!

Puedo hablar en espanol (though I cannot put the freaking TILDE on top of the N!)!

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