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Quick Q.: What were the 18 languages Wilfrid supposedly spoke? Sources?

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Quick Q.: What were the 18 languages Wilfrid supposedly spoke? Sources?
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24-06-2019, 06:56 PM
I never thought of looking up his obituary in The Times!
I attach it here, from the edition of 22/03/1930. Second column, from top left.

It says that he had a "working knowledge of almost 20 languages", which sounds like a repetition of something the writer had heard.

   
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RE: Quick Q.: What were the 18 languages Wilfrid supposedly spoke? Sources? - by davidjackson - 24-06-2019, 06:56 PM

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