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...cheating myself often enough by friends,” he says ruefully. “I’m damned if I do, I’m damned if I don’t. Boats take too long, planes I hate.” Yet Hunt has made peace with his flying phobia. “I’m 40 years old,” he says. “I don’t plan on overcoming it anytime soon...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tongue Tied | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

...Hunt finds alternate ways to practice language. “Spanish is an everyday language for me,” he says. A network of Italian e-mail penpals has helped his Italian improve “dramatically.” His eyes glisten as he describes his Canadian experiences: “If I go to Quebec, French is ever so much a part of me, ever so much more a part of me,” he says fervently. “It’s—it’s in my ears, on the street...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tongue Tied | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

...there a method to the madness of Hunt’s crazy language skills? Hunt shrugs modestly. “I’ve been told by everybody that I have a gift for it. How do you define a gift? It’s there...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tongue Tied | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

...Hunt tries to downplay her praise, but concedes, “I can remember exactly where I learned this particular word or learned this particular phrase…I don’t know...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tongue Tied | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

Unless dramatic technological changes render airplanes an anachronism, Hunt will stick to his armchair and Schoenhof’s. But if teleporting does come into vogue, you’ll find him in one of two places. “I’d have to choose two: Sweden and Greece. Automatically, automatically.” He snaps twice...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tongue Tied | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

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