Recalling the joys of learning languages | Letters

Readers respond to an article by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and note that a willingness to ‘act the goat’ is the greatest predictor of successHow refreshing to read Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett’s piece on the advantages and fun of learning languages (At last, a proper excuse for monoglots to learn another language: it helps keep your brain young, 12 July).I first heard something similar to the expression she mentions from my future French father-in-law when he opened a very good bordeaux with the comment “C’est le bon dieu en culotte de velours”. Continue reading...