[Magdalen] Homing Pigeons.

[Grace Cangialosi]

When my husband and I traveled to Europe in 1971 and I spoke German, Austrians thought I was German, and the Germans thought I was Austrian.

> On Dec 28, 2016, at 12:01 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/27/2016 9:35:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> but I  could do a
> really good native German pronunciation.  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> I won the prize for the best first year student in Spanish at  UW-Madison.
> It was all Castilion, of course since Latin American Spanish was  looked
> down upon.  The awards ceremony at the end of the term were all  in
> Spanish, and I was presented with two small Goya etchings.  It goes to 
> show how classy things were back in he 1950's.  In any case, I  remember
> pretty well understanding the whole awards ceremony.  Indeed, what  a
> year in Spain would have done, but it was not to be for a pre-medical
> student.
> 
> To show the genetic competition that existed for my younger brother,
> Paul, (but not vise-versa), he won the same prize 4 years later  and
> got 2 Goya etchings as well.
> 
> I now live with a person whose native language is Spanish, but I  really
> speak only words and phrases here and there......and not in  Castilion.   
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> 
> David S.