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Isn't the nature of a language supposed to depend on how and where we use it? The early circumstances of my use of German (as a young student visitor in Heidelberg) were so overwhelmingly pleasant that I have been quasi -in love with the language ever since. The same cannot, alas, be said for my even more extensive acquaintance with French, especially of late years!! On the other hand – says she, apparently destroying her own linguistic argument – I've never actually used my A-level Latin, but have always found it perfectly agreeable as far as it goes....
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