I'm fluent in English, Japanese, and German (in that order). I had French in high school, but I've forgotten pretty much everything save the MOST useful phrases.
Which languages are you fluent in?
Started by Josh500, May 12 2008 10:40 AM
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 10:40 AM
Everybody post which languages they're fluent in. And by fluent I mean fluent, no less!
I'm fluent in English, Japanese, and German (in that order). I had French in high school, but I've forgotten pretty much everything save the MOST useful phrases.
I'm fluent in English, Japanese, and German (in that order). I had French in high school, but I've forgotten pretty much everything save the MOST useful phrases.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 01:16 PM
3 million forms of communication 
LOL, nah, just Spanish, English, Italian and French.
My french is same as yours, though i can still translate most of it.
LOL, nah, just Spanish, English, Italian and French.
My french is same as yours, though i can still translate most of it.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 01:22 PM
Dutch and English for me.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 02:37 PM
Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.
I can also speak rubbish.
I can also speak rubbish.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 02:37 PM
Being born and bred in England, I am 100% ignorant to the fact that other languages even exist in this world. Which bothers me at times, but not enough to do anything about it.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 03:12 PM
I can also speak rubbish.
Who doesn't?
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 03:41 PM
English, teeline shorthand.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 04:32 PM
English.
At one time I dabbled in German and Spanish, but I have similar thoughts like TGE has towards it.
At one time I dabbled in German and Spanish, but I have similar thoughts like TGE has towards it.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 05:07 PM
English and Spanish. Increasingly fluent in French.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 05:11 PM
French and English
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 06:36 PM
I speak jive!
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 06:51 PM
British English, according to Microsoft (although given the amount of US TV I watch that occasionally varies).
I'm fluent in German numbers though
I'm fluent in German numbers though
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 07:45 PM
German and English. Had Italian in school, but remember pretty much nothing. I'm constantly surprised how much (fragmented) sense I can often make of Latin texts, though.
Plus Java, C++, PHP and plenty of others in the same area, but I guess that's too nerdy.
Plus Java, C++, PHP and plenty of others in the same area, but I guess that's too nerdy.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 07:53 PM
I only speak two languages: English and Bad English.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 08:09 PM
Being born and bred in [America], I am 100% ignorant to the fact that other languages even exist in this world. Which bothers me at times, but not enough to do anything about it.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 08:33 PM
Hmmmm, I think everybody here (myself included) speaks at least 2 languages.
English . . . and rubbish!
English . . . and rubbish!
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 09:03 PM
And you speak it so well.
It's true. You're my role model, Stefan Cosman.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 09:07 PM
And you speak it so well.
I knew this would come from you... such a cheap shot. But that's you!
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 09:11 PM
What else would you expect from a homosexual, Josh???
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 09:16 PM
What else would you expect from a homosexual, Josh???
For the record, I have nothing against homosexuals . . .
Let's don't offend the homosexuals here by calling Stefan one.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 09:40 PM
I'd turn gay in an instance if it ment never seeing you here again.
Any takers?
Any takers?
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 10:44 PM
I'd turn gay in an instance if it ment never seeing you here again.
Any takers?
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 10:56 PM
Spanish, Basque and English.
Trying to become fluent in Japanese and German.
Trying to become fluent in Japanese and German.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 11:09 PM
I'd turn gay in an instance if it ment never seeing you here again.
Any takers?
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 11:16 PM
Which languages are you fluent in?
The phrase - "Jack of all trades, master of none" comes to mind.
I've picked up bits and pieces from several languages along the way, but none enough to say I'm 'fluent' in them.
Doing so would take many many years, for most of the Eastern and East Asian languages languages which use entirely different scripts for each one . In order of knowledge though, it's English and Spanish. After that, it then enters the real 'Bits and pieces' category. Russian, Dari/Farsi (language and script used in Afghanistan and Iran), Kurdish (similar to Farsi), Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu (similar to Hindi, different script), Nepali, and Thai. The only one of the 'bits and pieces' category where I have mastered the script, is Cyrillic (used for writing Russian). It was essential. I began learning the script for Dari a few years back but got distracted by a woman (always good to blame) and never got around to continuing the very tricky study
. Arabic numbers are easy enough to learn to read though
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Posted 13 May 2008 - 01:04 AM
I'd turn gay in an instance if it ment never seeing you here again.
Damn, I'm hardly one to say it but; why can't we all just get along?
Seriously Josh: You fail nearly every time you post something which isn't a question. Give it up. You're a good guy. Give up the forced attitude and return to being the guy who posts a lot of polls. Only post less of them. You're a good natured guy who likes polls. Love's 'em even.
Steef: You know better. That should be enough.
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Posted 13 May 2008 - 01:07 AM
I only speak two languages: English and Bad English.
Ah beat me to it!
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Posted 13 May 2008 - 01:56 AM
Just English. I hated taking foreign language at school, I took French and Spanish and did terrible at both.
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Posted 13 May 2008 - 02:30 AM
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But not fluently.
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Posted 13 May 2008 - 03:10 AM
English, and a little Spanish.
And of course, Ebonics.
And of course, Ebonics.
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Finnish , Swedish and poor English. Oh , and my German is quite fluent after 7 beers.
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Posted 13 May 2008 - 07:09 PM
Finnish , Swedish and poor English. Oh , and my German is quite fluent after 7 beers.
Wow, I'd love to be able to speak Finnish and Swedish! You're lucky. Finnish is one of the hardest languages in the world, if not the hardest...
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Posted 13 May 2008 - 09:15 PM
English, was raised in a french speaking family but have no need to use it so I'm not fluent anymore
I wish I could speak spanish with all the illegal mexican's invading Arkansas, its a language I here everyday, and there are $$$ to be made by speaking it and helping those folks out.
I wish I could speak spanish with all the illegal mexican's invading Arkansas, its a language I here everyday, and there are $$$ to be made by speaking it and helping those folks out.
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Posted 15 May 2008 - 12:00 AM
ingles y espanol
I took a year of Russian my sophomore year of high school, thinking it would be fun. It was a course taught via satellite from South Carolina. I walked in on the first day and instantly knew it had been a mistake. However, attending a small rural high school, the only way I could drop it was to find someone else to take my place, since my spot had been paid for already. I still remember the teacher's name, she was Vera Aleksavnya Polykova-Norwood. My biggest beef was that all of the textbooks were in printed Cyrillic typeface, but she conducted the course via satellite video using cursive Cyrillic, and there was insufficient reinforcement along the way to remember how different exit strokes of letters changed it from one to another. Aargh, it was so confusing. It was so bad, and since I was taking Spanish at the time, I ended up substituting Spanish words for the Russian words I didn't know. That doesn't always work so well.
The only way I passed the course was basically having my best friend (she LOVED the course, and took Russian II to boot) drag me through the course. What a waste of my time. At least it was graded on the Pass/Fail, instead of a letter, so it didn't count against my GPA.
I took a year of Russian my sophomore year of high school, thinking it would be fun. It was a course taught via satellite from South Carolina. I walked in on the first day and instantly knew it had been a mistake. However, attending a small rural high school, the only way I could drop it was to find someone else to take my place, since my spot had been paid for already. I still remember the teacher's name, she was Vera Aleksavnya Polykova-Norwood. My biggest beef was that all of the textbooks were in printed Cyrillic typeface, but she conducted the course via satellite video using cursive Cyrillic, and there was insufficient reinforcement along the way to remember how different exit strokes of letters changed it from one to another. Aargh, it was so confusing. It was so bad, and since I was taking Spanish at the time, I ended up substituting Spanish words for the Russian words I didn't know. That doesn't always work so well.
The only way I passed the course was basically having my best friend (she LOVED the course, and took Russian II to boot) drag me through the course. What a waste of my time. At least it was graded on the Pass/Fail, instead of a letter, so it didn't count against my GPA.
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Posted 16 May 2008 - 09:57 PM
English and Pig Latin.
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English, French, and a bit of Spanish
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