Major Languages

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“There are three major offenses against filial piety of which not producing an heir is the worst.”
—Chinese proverb.

Mencius.

“The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)