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mudokon 06-22-2004 07:44 AM

What languages do you all speak apart from English?
 
I can speak German, French, a little Russian and Japanese, a bit of Thai and a bit of Hindi. How about you?

Sekto Springs 06-22-2004 07:58 AM

Just about everything, sadly. I had too much time on my hands.

Nath 06-22-2004 08:04 AM

Well I come from Wales, which is nextdoor to England, and we have our own language (Welsh). Although my first language is English, I'm learning to speak Welsh.

Hylo. Sut rydych chi? - Hello. How are you?

And Welsh is what J. R. R. Tolkein based the Elvish language on.

Hobo 06-22-2004 08:08 AM

French. But I can't speak it at all. Just randomly circle answers in exams and get good grades. *Luck*

Fuzzles! 06-22-2004 08:17 AM

Just English and French here. I'm boring.

Oddish 06-22-2004 08:21 AM

Just English and Bulgarian.

WiLL the Wander 06-22-2004 08:23 AM

English and hungarian (WOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!)... That is all...

Fez 06-22-2004 08:46 AM

French.

Finnish - From what Henna teaches me.

Elvish - Random stuff I pick up from Sid.

Rex Tirano 06-22-2004 08:51 AM

English....Obviously.....

French and Spanish. I find them both so hard >_<

Amy is teaching me a few random words in german (like Carrot) so I can shout it out when I travel there in a few weeks (Yaay).

I also speak a weeny bit of Chinese and Japanese because Leigh is teaching me ^_^

But most of the stuff I know is totally random, and serves no purpose in normal life. Go me!

Cloverfield 06-22-2004 08:52 AM

I only know English. I wish I knew Japanese. *cries*

Abe Babe...

T-nex 06-22-2004 09:17 AM

English, Danish(Stupid denmark teaching me stupid danish...), Romany(I was born in romania) and a little bit of germany that i learn in school...

VaniLLaKiLLah 06-22-2004 09:39 AM

German, english and a little french.

that's it.

.:VaniLLaKiLLah:.

Fuzzles! 06-22-2004 10:06 AM

Wow there are tons of Multilingual people here, I am very impressed!

oddguy 06-22-2004 10:09 AM

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I only know English.

Me too. :(

-oddguy :cool:

nads 06-22-2004 10:17 AM

I speak spanish. Espanol puede comer un asscheek = spanish can eat an asscheek.


I wish my three years of spanish weren't all spanish 1. Hurray for highschool.

Xavier 06-22-2004 10:42 AM

perfect French
and very good Dutch

Esus 06-22-2004 11:01 AM

I'm almost ashamed to say I can only speak fragmented french, and perfect english.
I would really like to be perfectly fluent in Greek however, and it will always remain one of my life goals.

The Red Muse 06-22-2004 11:41 AM

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Finnish - From what Henna teaches me.

Hehhehe :p

Yeah, I speak Finnish, Swedish--really awfully though, even if I've studied Swedish for five years now;)-- and I know a few words in russian.

Ich bin panzerwagen!!



...wha? :|

*confused herself*

Zach Roy Wilson 06-23-2004 11:27 AM

Spanish
A smidget of German
A smidget of French
A smidget of Latin
A smidget of Japanese
African Tribesman (bah hahahaha! :lol: )
Paramite
And a few other languages I can't remember

Killa_47 06-23-2004 11:58 AM

I can speak a bit of French.
Fully English.
Birmingham(English slang accent)
and like ZRW Paramite aswell!

Joshy 06-23-2004 08:26 PM

English and Cantonese.

Statikk HDM 06-24-2004 07:05 AM

I can speak English and the worst beginner Spanish in the universe.

nads 06-24-2004 08:39 AM

but whatever you do, stick with it. My friend sucks at Spanishand is switching to French (I think it's harder). He'll have to take a summer class to catch up.

Smell 06-24-2004 09:52 AM

I speak English and a bit of French, but have had the sense not to take up another language, it would confuse me. Odd bits of Spanish and Jappanese here and there. I've purchased a home leaning Paramite speech course. (NOT) If only we could!!!

Mojo 06-24-2004 11:47 AM

Dutch (my own language), English (could be my own language), a bit of French, Spanish and German.

ANN NEELY 06-25-2004 10:16 AM

English is my main language, though many people I know have no clue what the heck I'm talking about (Mostly because I'm talking about Oddworld)....
I speak a little Spanish and a teeny tiny bit of Polonesian.

mudokon 06-26-2004 03:55 AM

man you guys can speak a lot of languages. I learnt French and German in high school. the grammar was way too hard for me and i didnt get the numbers after all of the quatre-vingt stuff..way too difficult. Always preferred German tho!

the brew master 06-28-2004 01:18 AM

speak me no english!

j/k

i know english,hungarian,a bit of german and i'm currently learning french....which i now regret.....and i agree with you mudokon about the numbers

ClaireBear 06-28-2004 03:03 AM

I'm fluent in "Idiot" but thats about it! :D

Disgruntled Intern 06-28-2004 06:04 AM

Spanish and American Sign Language.

TheRaisin 06-28-2004 02:17 PM

English, of course, I've taken one year of Spanish (I could probably live fairly easily in Mexico for a month or two, I think I have a good grasp on the basics), I know odd little snippets of German and French (ich bin ein auslander, j'mon je de ouitre malad), a few of those cool Latin phrases everyone knows (non illegitamus carburundum), and maybe three sentences in Japanese. I took Spanish this last year because it was the only foreign language offered to eighth graders and it beat the alternative electives, but my passion is Japanese. I am crazy about all things Japanese, and hope to go to Japan for an extended period of time some day, so I'm taking Japanese all throughout high school and into college. I will probably take eight years of it.
And maybe if I get a chance I'll learn Cantonese as well.

Havoc 06-28-2004 02:28 PM

Dutch, my native language... English my second native language :D... eh... hm... maybe two words german... 5 words spanish...

Dutch Joke:

Oh... and you who this is? He's handsome, smart, f*cks like a tiger and only speaks one word French... Moi!

And before ppl start making me look like an idiot... this is a dutch joke, and the part with the tiger is originaly there so don't look at me so weird! :fuzconf: :fuzconf:

Disgruntled Intern 06-28-2004 03:03 PM

Oh, by the way, if you want to make decent money by doing virtually nothing, become a sign language interpretor. I'm doing the odd interpretation jobs and loving every second of it.

Plus, deaf people usually have amazing things to say. Learning sign language and striking up a conversation is not only enjoyable, but tends to brighten up the persons day.

Do it.

Sekto Springs 06-28-2004 04:17 PM

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Oh, by the way, if you want to make decent money by doing virtually nothing, become a sign language interpretor. I'm doing the odd interpretation jobs and loving every second of it.

Plus, deaf people usually have amazing things to say. Learning sign language and striking up a conversation is not only enjoyable, but tends to brighten up the persons day.

Do it.

Sounds interesting. Do your hands ever get tired?

nads 06-28-2004 05:37 PM

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Oh, by the way, if you want to make decent money by doing virtually nothing, become a sign language interpretor. I'm doing the odd interpretation jobs and loving every second of it.

Plus, deaf people usually have amazing things to say. Learning sign language and striking up a conversation is not only enjoyable, but tends to brighten up the persons day.

Do it.

You sir, have just uped yourself a few pegs on my...peg thing. *cries*

Sekto Springs 06-28-2004 05:39 PM

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You sir, have just uped yourself a few pegs on my...peg thing. *cries*

I'm sorry but.....what?

SeaRex 06-28-2004 05:55 PM

I've only taken two Spanish classes in high school. I don't really plan to take any more foreign language classes. A while back, I really wanted to learn Japanese, but now I'm not so devoted. I mean, it would be cool to be fluent in another language, but I don't think I would have the time to learn a language as complicated as Japanese... or any other language for that matter.

In retrospect, I should have taken German instead of Spanish. I find the language much more interesting. I'm never going to use what little Spanish I have learned. It's only good for random little comedy bits. For example, when a customer asked me if Secret Window is good, I replied "Es muy ventana."

You see, stupid stuff like that can really brighten your day if you rent out videos for rednecks.

But if there is one positive thing I've taken away from my high school language classes, it's that I can now speak in a semi-convincing Spanish accent... even if I've completely forgotten about grammar and sentence structure.

Disgruntled Intern 06-28-2004 06:33 PM

My right hand gets tired because it has arthritis [car accident. Boring story.]

But it's nothing too terrible. And at $13.00 an hour, I can stand a bit of pain.

oddguy 06-28-2004 06:36 PM

Ummmmm, what does this have to do with language? :fuzconf:

Sekto Springs 06-28-2004 07:14 PM

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Ummmmm, what does this have to do with language? :fuzconf:

Don't question DI. I did once, and I'm typing with my tongue if you catch my drift.