Joseph
Joseph asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

You have written that the four languages of Barryar are descended from Russian, Greek, French and English. Obviously you know English as few others ever will, but do you speak any of the other three?

Lois McMaster Bujold
Alas, no. My high school French was half a century ago, and has gone down the same drain of time as my high school body. I can recognize the others on a page, but cannot read them. (I can recognize Hangul (Korean alphabet) now, too, go me. Thank you Great Courses.)

Ta, L.

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