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Students’ Sounding Board / Re: Did Rizal ever speak and write in English?

« on: May 03, 2010, 06:44:28 PM »

I was copied by Dr. Placido Calderon this morning with the e-mail below from “Ka Tasio” on the question, “Did Jose Rizal write and speak in English—and if he did, was he any good at it?”

“In the whole of Epistolario Rizalino, there is only one letter in English, a letter to his nephew, in the form of an advice. Maybe Dr. Yoder* can help us on this matter.
 
“Of course, his command of English had much to be desired. He seldom used it.  He used the English language reportedly when he told his sister, “‘There is something inside the lamp?’”

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*The Reverend Dr. Robert L. Yoder, who maintains a website on the Philippine national hero, “The Life and Writings of Dr. Jose Rizal.”

Yup, I also heard that Rizal, once wrote a letter in an English language.I hope Dr. Yoder have a time to help us, to answers all our questions. May you give us that website so that we can get more information? Thanks a lot.