Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, first Secretary of State under Washington, and our third President spoke English, French, Italian, Latin, and he could read Greek, and Spanish. And with the Fact that he spoke Italian and Latin, tells me he probably had a really god grasp of Spanish when he heard it....
Benjamin Franklin, America’s first diplomat and well-known genius spoke English, French and Italian.
Our second President: John Adams spoke English, French and Latin.
President James Madison spoke English, Greek, Latin and Hebrew.
James Monroe spoke English and French.
Although Samuel Adams and John Hancock did not speak any foreign languages, Hancock, the wealthiest of our founding fathers, and perhaps the most generous, founded a Professorship of Oriental Languages and Hebrew in Massachusetts.
21 of America’s 44 Presidents have known at least a second language....
President Teddy Roosevelt spoke French and German....
Andrew Jackson who apparently spoke some Choctaw....
Thomas Paine spoke the Iroquois language and with a good dictionary, wrote letters in French....
Honestly, when I sit and ponder what they knew, did, an the learning curve they must have had to get through to become acquainted with the Language of Law, Maxims and all, I feel a bit ashamed of myself for only speaking, reading and writing Fluently in only two and for barely understanding a third, while barely knowing enough Korean to get food, shelter, and beer....
True Common Law has Maxims written in Latin, Spanish, French, Italian and a rare few in German, it's Legalese that really gets people, but you can find these also in Science, Medicine, Chemistry, Biology, along with some unexpected places of Common Trades....
But here's an article that I found interesting some years back::
Ok, so the Founders were Morons for leaving us with the Heritage of being Multilingual, which normally leads to being Much More Intelligent than an Average person who is Monolingual....
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, first Secretary of State under Washington, and our third President spoke English, French, Italian, Latin, and he could read Greek, and Spanish. And with the Fact that he spoke Italian and Latin, tells me he probably had a really god grasp of Spanish when he heard it....
Benjamin Franklin, America’s first diplomat and well-known genius spoke English, French and Italian.
Our second President: John Adams spoke English, French and Latin.
President James Madison spoke English, Greek, Latin and Hebrew.
James Monroe spoke English and French.
Although Samuel Adams and John Hancock did not speak any foreign languages, Hancock, the wealthiest of our founding fathers, and perhaps the most generous, founded a Professorship of Oriental Languages and Hebrew in Massachusetts.
21 of America’s 44 Presidents have known at least a second language....
President Teddy Roosevelt spoke French and German....
Andrew Jackson who apparently spoke some Choctaw....
Thomas Paine spoke the Iroquois language and with a good dictionary, wrote letters in French....
Honestly, when I sit and ponder what they knew, did, an the learning curve they must have had to get through to become acquainted with the Language of Law, Maxims and all, I feel a bit ashamed of myself for only speaking, reading and writing Fluently in only two and for barely understanding a third, while barely knowing enough Korean to get food, shelter, and beer....
True Common Law has Maxims written in Latin, Spanish, French, Italian and a rare few in German, it's Legalese that really gets people, but you can find these also in Science, Medicine, Chemistry, Biology, along with some unexpected places of Common Trades....
But here's an article that I found interesting some years back::
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/03/the-mystery-of-people-who-speak-dozens-of-languages
The whole point of having multiple language "choices" is to DIVIDE us, a nation divided is easier to conquer.
Ok, so the Founders were Morons for leaving us with the Heritage of being Multilingual, which normally leads to being Much More Intelligent than an Average person who is Monolingual....
Got it....