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> in fact, English was his first language, not Spanish Where did you get this?
by eternauta3k 12y ago
> in fact, English was his first language, not Spanish
Where did you get this?
- lmkg 12y agoI've heard that in a couple of places, it's difficult to track down a specific source. It looks like that particular fact isn't on Wikipedia anymore, although it does say he learned English from a young age. Source for being raised bilingual "he was not even aware that English and Spanish were separate languages until later in his childhood" (cache) http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=borges+first+language&d=4982438270272501&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=VPucXg81ehXZwFW5FoFkC10Ivai-ERRB http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=borges+first+language&d=498... Source for English as first langue: http://kirjasto.sci.fi/jlborges.htm http://kirjasto.sci.fi/jlborges.htm "English practically as a first language" http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/24/borges-had-a-genius-for-literature-but-not-love-or-much-else.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/24/borges-had-... Looks like the truth may be somewhat less strict than what I had remembered. Nonetheless, not only was he an Anglophone, he was also an Anglophile, something most of those sources reinforce.