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How many languages do you speak and/or understand?
1 6 (27.3%)
2 7 (31.8%)
3 4 (18.2%)
4 4 (18.2%)
5 0 (0%)
+ 1 (4.5%)
Total Votes: 22
How many languages do you speak and/or understand?
Topic Started: Apr 20 2008, 09:42 PM (382 Views)
pianojerome
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HOLY CARP!!!
English and French, working on Hebrew.

I'd like to learn German and Yiddish, and maybe Russian, too, but not quite yet...
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jgoo
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1.25. Fluent in English, both written and spoken, and just enough Spanish to get by with the Mexicans who come in at work. I would love to be fluent in Spanish someday, though.
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mrenaud
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German, French and English. I also learnt some Latin once. I forgot a lot of it, but I can still understand simple texts. Currently, I'm trying to teach myself some Japanese.

(That makes almost four, I think.)
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George K
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Used to be three.

Lithuanian was my first language.
English
German

Haven't used two of them for more that 20 years, so I consider them pretty well lost. You can figure out which two.
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Riley
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1.1

I can put a sentence together in French, but if someone starts talking French to me, I can't follow.
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Aqua Letifer
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English, with about as much French as Riley's comfortable with, too.

I also know Basic, C++, Matlab, ASP, Java and FORTRAN. :biggrin: Prob'ly some other ones in there too, just can't remember off-hand.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Only English fluently.

Reading comprehension (with a dictionary at times) in Latin, Italian, Spanish and French, Greek is very rusty. I hate how quickly languages are lost -- use it or lose it!
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Aqua Letifer
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ivorythumper
Apr 21 2008, 05:44 AM
I hate how quickly languages are lost -- use it or lose it!

Yeah but fortunately, if you decide to pick it back up at some point, it's a whole lot easier and quicker than your first time.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Aqua Letifer
Apr 21 2008, 06:47 AM
ivorythumper
Apr 21 2008, 05:44 AM
I hate how quickly languages are lost -- use it or lose it!

Yeah but fortunately, if you decide to pick it back up at some point, it's a whole lot easier and quicker than your first time.

Verum est!
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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LadyElton
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English, Spanish (took 5 years of Spanish, but am very rusty) and WoW. :D
Hilary aka LadyElton
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Aqua Letifer
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LadyElton
Apr 21 2008, 05:52 AM
English, Spanish (took 5 years of Spanish, but am very rusty) and WoW. :D

Darnassian: 300/300

:biggrin:
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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LadyElton
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Aqua Letifer
Apr 21 2008, 09:54 AM
LadyElton
Apr 21 2008, 05:52 AM
English, Spanish (took 5 years of Spanish, but am very rusty) and WoW.  :D

Darnassian: 300/300

:biggrin:

Thalassian 300/300
Orcish 300/300

:D

Darnassian 300/300
Common 300/300

:D
Hilary aka LadyElton
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Klaus
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Besides German: Saterland Frisian, Bohtan Neo-Aramaic, Holikachuk, and Old Serbian.
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The 89th Key
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2 - English and Spanish.

I'd also like to learn Italian, French, Japanese, and Swahili.
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Free Rider
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English and ASL (american sign language) although I do s.e.e. (sign exact english) or fingerspell everything, depending who I'm dealing with. Hearing impaired people from families who are not deaf communicate differently.

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The 89th Key
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FR, I also know some ASL...but only some of the basics and the alphabet. It came in handy during tests in school. :devilgrin:
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LadyElton
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I know some hand signals. They come in handy when driving in rush hour traffic. :devilgrin:
Hilary aka LadyElton
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LWpianistin
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2. English and German.

Some French and some Latin, but not much. I can also understand some Spanish, but can't speak much.
And how are you today?
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sue
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Klaus
Apr 21 2008, 07:03 AM
Holikachuk

Yeah, me too. I find it comes in handy so often when travelling.

Besides English, I can decipher most French (written) and put a sentence together like Riley said, but I can't follow native French speakers. They..........need........to.......talk..........slower. ^_^ A smattering of Spanish, and that's about it. Spoke German as a kid, but have forgotten most of it.

I need to travel more and work on my languages. :yes:
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Luke's Dad
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Does lolspeak count?
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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DivaDeb
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I can listen in English and French. I can sing in those languages plus Italian, German, Russian, and Spanish with good diction and idiomatic understanding. I have a hard time writing in anything but English, and though I can usually think fast enough when I'm listening to someone speak, I am a faltering, stuttering grammar disaster when responding. I used to be a lot better than I am now. If I could travel as much I did prior to making babies, I'd probably still be pretty good, especially the languages in which I have sung enough to have quite a bit of vocabulary. That would be a wonderful facility to have.

When I was a kid, my dad taught me some Cherokee. All I remember now is that the word for sun and moon is the same word and then you add the word for 'day' or 'night'...so it's like 'day sun' and 'night sun'. Weird thing to remember.
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Renauda
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HOLY CARP!!!
I can follow most conversations in Ukrainian, but can only respond in Russian.
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John D'Oh
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I can listen in Welsh, but respond in English. It's always the same response, 'Speak English, taffy!'
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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DivaDeb
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smarta&&

:lol:
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David Burton
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Klaus
Apr 21 2008, 06:03 AM
Besides German: Saterland Frisian, Bohtan Neo-Aramaic, Holikachuk, and Old Serbian.

WOW! That's way cool!
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