Philip Crowther telling the news in 6 languages

Luke Alex DavisJanuary 15, 2021February 22

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Philip Crowther is a reporter for the Associated Press and he covered the Capitol insurrection in 6 languages last week.

French
English
Spanish
Portuguese
German
Luxembourgish

From Dalton to Washington, here's my coverage for @AP_GMS of last week's events in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Luxembourgish, in that order. pic.twitter.com/P6FGnbcRkr
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) January 12, 2021

And if you wanted to know what “the news” was in those languages?

Les nouvelles (French)
The news (English)
Las noticias (Spanish)
As notícias (Portuguese)
die Nachrichten (German)
d’Neiegkeeten (Luxembourgish)

And shout out to all the polyglots out there who could do this as a means of survival.

See also: Viggo Mortensen speaking 7 languages and 2 polyglots speaking 21 languages to each other

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