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ralphnapolitano
ralphnapolitano asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

Which of the US Presidents spoke which foreign languages?

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  • GerryB
    1 decade ago
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    Kennedy's German was so bad that he said upon arrival in Berlin, Germany something to the effect that he was a Berliner. But the way he actually said it came out as "I am a donut".

    But of course he could get away with it because his wife was Jackie. I loved the Kennedys.

    Source(s): The New York Times..
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    A number of our Presidents have had various levels of proficiency at language. Thomas Jefferson was fluent in French. G. Washington spoke some French but not fluently. Teddy Roosevelt, Spanish. I would have to research the others.

  • Robert W
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    John F. Kennedy spoke Germany when he went to the Berlin Wall back about 1962.

    I believe President Bush speaks some Spanish.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Kennedy=Ich bin ein Berliner

    Bush Jr.=Yo soy un pendejo

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  • jt
    1 decade ago

    As far as I'm concerned, the only language Bush speaks is dumb ***.

  • Carlos
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    one thing is to speak an another very different is to babble

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Bush thinks he can speak Spanish.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    jefferson

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