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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Aug 2021

      Jeet Heer Retweeted David Klion

      You may laugh but a love of Franco & Latin American strongmen made a surprising number of conservatives fluent in Spanish in 1950s and 1960s.https://twitter.com/DavidKlion/status/1424037274661097473 …

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      David KlionVerified account @DavidKlion
      It would really own the libs if conservatives all committed to attaining proficiency in the Magyar language, with its non-Indo-European vocabulary, 18 grammatical cases, vowel harmony, and 4-tiered hierarchy of politeness.
      9 replies 33 retweets 346 likes
    2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 8 Aug 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      yeah but for an English speaker learning Spanish is low hanging fruit compared to Magyar. The first is renting the libs, the second is genuinely owning.

      6 replies 0 retweets 54 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Aug 2021
      Replying to @joshtpm

      Yeah, it's a commitment. We should encourage it.

      7:29 PM - 8 Aug 2021
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      7 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
        1. "Give Me Ammunition, Not a Ride" James‏ @wetcasements 8 Aug 2021
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          What if you're just really, really into Bela Bartok?

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        1. Noah Campbell‏ @NoahProoval 8 Aug 2021
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          Remember in the 80's when everybody was gonna learn Japanese because they were gonna take over the world by selling us cars and vcrs?

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        1. Kate Elmore‏ @KateElmore 8 Aug 2021
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          If it keeps them busy and quiet…

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        2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 8 Aug 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          the whole thing is ironic about nationalist, anti-immigrant Hungary. It’s a whole nation that immigrated to Europe, never assimilated to any of the prevailing Indo-European languages. They really protest too much.

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        3. (((Barak)))‏ @lawnerdbarak 8 Aug 2021
          Replying to @joshtpm @HeerJeet

          I’ve committed to a bit a time or two in my life. I mean, I literally joined the Marines. But learning Magyar to prove a point would be next level.

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        1. Richard Hodgson‏ @R_J_Hodgson 9 Aug 2021
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          #Education

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