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: lyssa (x_uhlyssuh) wrote in linguaphiles,
2011-07-29 19:54:00

lyssa
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linguaphiles
2011-07-29 19:54:00

hi! i'm lyssa and i absolutely love language. i'm a classics major so i know latin and ancient greek, and i even picked up a little bit of german along the way.

i took 8 years of spanish, so i guess i can speak some of that.

i am super excited for this community. :D

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