What do you call a person who speaks three languages?

created by imago

(idea) by imago (1.6 y) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Tue Oct 31 2000 at 17:35:25

A joke I try to tell about once a month to remind me of a particular thing I dislike about myself and my culture:

What do you call someone who speaks three languages?
trilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
bilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks one language?
American.

Second-hand Simpsons	It's my right as an American	Demonyms of the United States	So you want to wear a Trench Coat?
Pax Americana	American Culture	I don't give a shit	polyglot
American	I was tired. It was late. She was Russian.	Types of Everything2 Users	Are they weapons?
LINCOS	Psychological Theories of Creativity	Noises made by cats in different languages	Canadian
Learning sign language	Scientist hits head on curb joke	Trilingual	Real Life
buck up	Arsene Lupin	Spaghetti western	Fantasma

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