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Post by Annie on Jan 9, 2006 12:08:10 GMT -5
Since we have an international collection of members, I thought it would be fun to see who speaks what. We know Rasalguhl speaks at least French and English. Matt, you're Canadian. Do you speak French, too? Emma is probably fluent in 7 or 8 languages.  I pretty much speak English. I had 3 years of French and a year of German. I think I could pick up the French again if immersed in a French speaking society. I know a tiny bit of Spanish just by helping my kids with their Spanish. Here, Spanish is mandatory for grades K-7. Even so, they don't come out of 7th grade speaking it very well. |
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Post by addboy on Jan 9, 2006 12:09:16 GMT -5
I speak just English. I know a few words here and there of other languages, but just English for me.
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Post by Annie on Jan 9, 2006 12:13:50 GMT -5
Hey, evilgus, that is another American stereotype to add to your list.  We love OUR football. We aren't too good at Geography. We butcher the Queen's English. AND we only speak English. Hee hee hee. We sure are fun to be with, though!  |
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Post by addboy on Jan 9, 2006 12:15:21 GMT -5
How true is that. Fun to be with!!! ;D
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Post by Dirge on Jan 9, 2006 13:19:42 GMT -5
Fully English, some Irish and a tad of German.
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Post by Annie on Jan 9, 2006 14:39:43 GMT -5
Let's see. . . something important from German that I remember is, "Wo ist der junge?" Hee Hee.
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Post by Sunan on Jan 9, 2006 14:55:58 GMT -5
Fluent in english, obviously. Fourth year of Spanish, so I suppose you could say I know it very well, but not completely fluent. Bengali: fluent speaking, but can't read or write it. It's my parent's native tongue. Japanese: Can understand bits and pieces of it, as a result of living there for three years when I was younger. Arabic: Can read it somewhat well, so I can read the Koran (I'm Muslim), but I don't understand it or speak it. So I suppose if you combine all the halfs and quarters of languages I can speak, that would be about 2.3857 languages I know. |
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Post by Annie on Jan 9, 2006 15:01:29 GMT -5
Hey, that's pretty good. I can recite the Arabic numbers. ;D Snicker Snicker Guffaw!
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Post by wesh on Jan 9, 2006 15:43:58 GMT -5
well i'm new, but i thought why not come here and brag about my linguistic skills? Then i remembered i'm prolly not too good at all at any of them, but anyways i know dutch, english, french, arabic. These are ordered from speaking and understanding well to speaking and understanding less well I could also pick up the main lines of a german conversation (but couldnt input anything useful). |
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Post by Annie on Jan 9, 2006 15:52:19 GMT -5
Wow! Are you American? Can I use you as an example that goes against stereotype for evilgus? Ha Ha.
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Post by Annie on Jan 9, 2006 15:56:47 GMT -5
Oh. I just read on the introduce yourself thread that you are from Belgium! Cool! So I can't hold you up as a multi-lingual American. Darn. I'll have to look it up on a map (evilgus!). I know it is somewhere near France. Tee Hee.
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Post by wesh on Jan 9, 2006 15:57:30 GMT -5
not an american (i'm from belgium - europe), but you can still use me as an example anyway I'll pretend i'm american. *looks at stereotype list and behaves accordingly* j/k |
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Post by Annie on Jan 9, 2006 16:28:37 GMT -5
Ha ha ha. Evilgus is pretty smart. He'll never fall for it. But thanks anyway. |
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Post by FrodoFreak87 on Jan 9, 2006 16:35:25 GMT -5
Well Of Course I Speak English.
and I also took 2 years of latin, my second year was last year. so I can't really speak latin, but I can (kinda) read it.
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Post by Annie on Jan 9, 2006 16:44:50 GMT -5
If you went into Medical School or the Catholic clergy you would use your Latin skills.
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