I had no idea she could speak German. She sounds more respectable in German. Maybe because she has the tendency to sound like a ditz in English. Or, perhaps she sounds like a ditz in German too? My german skills are far too crude to tell. She's adorable though.
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I remember reading somewhere that one side of her family is from Germany. It's no coincidence either that she wore Lederhosen in "Miss Congeniality".
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Yeah, I remember I was very much surprised when I saw that video a couple of years ago. Apparently she grew up in Germany and held both US and German citizenship until she was 18.
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Originally Posted By: Raw Kryptonite
Every time I see her all I can think is "Jesse James is such an idiot".
Yup, just like that basketball player who was married to Eva Longoria and was cheating on her.
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Charlize Theron is South African I think. No idea if she speaks Afrikaans, but I think she might...I think I read somewhere English is her second language. Wiki to the rescue!
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Although fluent in English, her first language is Afrikaans.She grew up on her parents' farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg. Her father died on 21 June 1991, after he was shot by Theron's mother. Theron's father, an alcoholic, physically attacked her mother and threatened both women while drunk. The shooting was legally adjudged to have been self-defence and her mother faced no charges.
Her French was good enough I thought maybe she was originally from there, but I think it's more likely she learned the language from family or in prep school.
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Gerard Depardieu's native language is French. I find that to be pretty shocking.
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Originally Posted By: wheelsup_cavu
Originally Posted By: Raw Kryptonite
Every time I see her all I can think is "Jesse James is such an idiot".
I always felt she was daft for choosing him in the first place.
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Agreed. The outcome is hardly a shocker. Many women are stupid enough to choose the bad boy and then they're shocked when he doesn't change. Still, he's the bigger idiot. Not only a hot wife but his meal ticket.LOL
I had no idea she could speak German. She sounds more respectable in German. Maybe because she has the tendency to sound like a ditz in English. Or, perhaps she sounds like a ditz in German too? My german skills are far too crude to tell. She's adorable though.
Lol i guess you will speak the language of the country you live in, sooner or later ? Ms. Bullock is living in Wildeshausen, Germany, since quite some time.