Spanish Enigma-Jordi, Can you please tell me?

Jordi   Monday, May 23, 2005, 10:01 GMT
Dear Eamon:

I was born in France but moved to Australia as a toddler. I grew up in Sydney (Australia) and came back to Catalonia when as a grown-up teenager.

I majored in translation and interpreting (Spanish, Catalan, English and French with minors in Italian and German) and I still speak English with a recognisable Australian accent.

I travel quite a bit all over Europe and, specially, all over Spain, France and the United Kingdom. I speak English quite a lot since I live in a touristic area with lots of Brits in the area.

Both my parents are Catalan and Catalan has always been my home language. Catalan is also my language with my wife and two children.

I obviously also speak fluent native Spanish, as spoken by educated Catalans.