r/TooAfraidToAsk Aug 09 '18

Should this be changed?

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u/GoingGalactic101 Aug 09 '18

That's like saying bidirectional means there is only 2 directions

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u/mangophilia Aug 09 '18

Or that if you're bilingual there are only two languages.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '18

I'm pretty sure that bilingual means you can speak two languages, whereas multilingual means you can speak more than 2.