Was at a party. Talking to a guy from France, a guy from Syria and a couple of Americans. The French guy was speaking great English with us, also tossing off a few Arabic phrases he knew to his Syrian friend.
A Spanish guy wandered over, looking for someone to go outside and share a cigarette with him; the French guy tried a bit of Spanish with him, but clearly was limited. Then asked if the Spanish guy spoke English or German better - German. That went a bit bumpily too. Then: "Parlez-vous français?" Bingo! The two of them ambled off together speaking French, happy as clams.
And I turned to the others with my mouth open and said, "He just spoke five languages in the space of the last few minutes."
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