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Daily reminder that English was Joseph Conrad's third language.

>> No.10368698

Daily reminder that Russian was actually Nabokov's third language
he was raised speaking english and french

>> No.10368710

>>10368698
No. Nabokov was formally trained in English and French as a child but he spoke Russian as a child with the other Russians around him in Russia.

>> No.10368781

>>10368676
>Daily reminder that English was Joseph Conrad's third language.
Are you for real ? God damn... Longue vie à Conrad.

>> No.10369057
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>>10368781
His first two were Polish and Ukrainian

>> No.10369062

>>10368710
>formally trained in English and French as a child but he spoke Russian as a child
Literally born into patricianhood

>> No.10369163

Daily reminder English was OP's first LOL

>> No.10369167

>>10368710
No. Nabokov was formally Frenched in trains as a Englishman but he spoke children as a Russian with the other children around him in a child.

>> No.10369171

>>10369062
That's how it typically works, anon

>> No.10369323

>>10369167
This post is so stupid that it hurt to read it.

>> No.10369355

>>10369323
brainlet

>> No.10369378
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>>10368710
FUCKING FALSE
GET WRECKED DUMB ASS
IM CALLING OUT YOUR DUMB ASS POST SO EAT SHIT
PAGE 28 OF SPEAK MEMORY
NABOKOV SAYS THE ONLY RUSSIAN WORDS HE KNEW WERE "KAKAO" AND "MAMA" UNTIL HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD
HIS OWN FAMILY SPOKE TO HIM IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH
TRYNA SHIT ON MY FUCKING POST WITH UNSUBSTANTIATED GARBAGE
WELL I'VE SLAPPED YOU WITH FUCKING FACTS NIGGER
GO AHEAD AND TRY TO CLAP BACK NOW

>> No.10369384

>>10369378
cringe and false

>> No.10369386
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>>10369384
RUSSELL'S TEAPOT
HIT ME WITH SOME FACTS OR YOU'RE OUT BUCKO

>> No.10369488

>>10369378
>>10369386
What are you, 12?
>>10369355
All you did was switch the words around to make a forced pedophile joke. You didn't even change a to an when you switched child with Englishman & you can't speak "child". It's retarded.

>> No.10369511

>>10369488
Just a bad joke, don't get so autistic.

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>>10369511

>> No.10369539

>>10369488
it's art, nigga

>> No.10369646

>>10369534
Did you want to fight?

>> No.10369748

>>10369057
I thought it was Polish and French

>tfw you can't even get published in one language, when Conrad is regarded as one of the finest writers in a language he learned in his 20s

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>>10368710
>>10369378
>>10369384
>>10369386
BTFO