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Why I Like Catalan and Don’t Speak it

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The World’s Gerry Hadden has lived in Catalonia for eight years. He speaks English, Spanish, French and German. But not Catalan. His kids speak it, his neighbors speak it, FC Barcelona speak it. Gerry doesn’t speak Catalan because he doesn’t need to.

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