Foreign Languages

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by hotsexyangelprincess, Apr 13, 2003.

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What foreign language do you speak?

  1. Spanish

    14 vote(s)
    36.8%
  2. French

    10 vote(s)
    26.3%
  3. German

    14 vote(s)
    36.8%
  4. Latin

    5 vote(s)
    13.2%
  5. Italian

    2 vote(s)
    5.3%
  6. Russian

    5 vote(s)
    13.2%
  7. Chinese

    4 vote(s)
    10.5%
  8. Japanese

    4 vote(s)
    10.5%
  9. English

    27 vote(s)
    71.1%
  10. I don't

    3 vote(s)
    7.9%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. hotsexyangelprincess WMD Registered Senior Member

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    Do you speak a foreign language?
     
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  3. Clockwood You Forgot Poland Registered Senior Member

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    I took 2 years of latin in high school. You can get the just of anything written in any romance language if you know latin.
     
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  5. ChildOfTheMind So dark the con of man Registered Senior Member

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    Me to, I studied Latin... very good Idea if you want a career as a doctor...
     
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  7. sargentlard Save the whales motherfucker Valued Senior Member

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    You know it would have been a smart choice to put "other" as an option too since there are more languages spoken than just the ones you have put up there.


    As for me i also speak Hindi.....

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  8. Thor "Pfft, Rebel scum!" Valued Senior Member

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    "Hey lady, I only speak two languages; English and Bad English"

    I speak English and German (very rusty german I must add)
     
  9. ChildOfTheMind So dark the con of man Registered Senior Member

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    And there are a million variations of chinese
     
  10. orange Registered Senior Member

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    Latin and hindi, awesome! Like most people in sweden, I read a third language (most common is german, french or spanish). I chose to study german for 6 years, and I've had several conversations with germans which I'm veeeery proud of.

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  11. Jerrek Registered Senior Member

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    You don't have many languages there. I am fluent in my mother tongue, Dutch, English, Arabic, and Hebrew. I also have one year of Latin. I can read and understand Norwegian and Swedish with about 75% comprehension, but I can't write it or speak it.

    English is my third language. I am also studying in English, so it isn't really that big of a deal to communicate in a language other than your first or second language. At least to me.
     
  12. Kunax Sciforums:Reality not required Registered Senior Member

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    Jerrek if you can read and understand Swedish and Norwegian, the is a high chance you can read Danish too
     
  13. Jerrek Registered Senior Member

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    OK I googled for Danish newspaper, and found this. This is the first article:

    http://www.jp.dk/irak/artikel:aid=1770228/

    Skarp advarsel til regeringen i Damaskus, der skal have givet irakiske topfolk husly. Præsident Bush hævder, at Syrien har kemiske våben.
    Sharp conflict in Damascus? Something about Iraq's leaders. What does "husly" mean? ... President Bush <something> about chemical weapons in Syria.

    USA retter nu et kritisk søgelys mod Syrien
    The United States is critisizing Syria?

    samtidig med at de sidste rester af Saddam Husseins regime
    something about with Saddam Hussein's regime

    tilintetgøres i diktatorens fødeby Tikrit blot 25 dage efter, at den militære aktion blev indledt.
    <something about dictator?> Tigris river, 25 days after something, the military action started?


    Much harder than Norwegian. Bleh.
     
  14. orange Registered Senior Member

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    For those who didn't know norweigan and swedish are very, very similiar, not like english/american but almost. Danish on the other hand is a bit different but still understandable. I've heard it's easier for a dane to comprehend swedish than the other way around, but I'm not sure.

    Pretty kewl that you can understand swedish and norwegian, and as we all can see even some danish. How come you've learned scandinavian languages Jerrek?
     
  15. Whyatt Thrash Indecent Registered Senior Member

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    Swedish, english, german, finnish.

    Understanding spoken danish is like understanding Welsh, it's total gibberish.

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    "Strong varning to the government of Damascus, who've given the iraqian leaders 'husly' (Could men "shelter" since "hus" means "house"). President bush claims that Syria has chemical weapons."

    "The US are pointing a critical searchlight towards Syria."

    "At the same time as the last remains of SH's regime..."

    "...destroyed in the dictator's birthvillage Tikrit, only 25 days after the military action was started."
     
  16. Carnuth i dont Registered Senior Member

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    english, japanese, a bit of spanish.....I can say about 3 words in each german, french, italian, chinese, dutch, and thai! Do i win?
     
  17. hotsexyangelprincess WMD Registered Senior Member

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    I speak fluent English, a little German and Spanish (enough to get by), and an eensey weensey bit o' Latin. Advocatus Diabolicus. :m:
     
  18. Avatar smoking revolver Valued Senior Member

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    fluent English and Russian
    bad German
    better don't ask me the direction to the nearest oasis in French
    I plan to learn Spanish next year
     
  19. Nightpoet Registered Senior Member

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    I've been taking Latin in Uni and took 5 years of French in elementary and high school but I cannot speak a goddamn word. I can somewhat decipher written french, and understand some if its spoken slowly enough, and not in Quebecois!!
     
  20. Dr Lou Natic Unnecessary Surgeon Registered Senior Member

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    I voted for every one.
    I must confess that I can't actually speak any foreign languages.
    I picked every option so I could experience the thrill of voting without affecting the percentages.
    I'm so sorry

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  21. Salty Registered Senior Member

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    portugese isint on there :/
     
  22. NightFall Lazy Hedonist Valued Senior Member

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    ok how many people from englidh speaking countried clicked "English" as a foreign language?:bugeye:

    btw: french speaker here. 5 years highschool. (no, i didn't spend 5
    years in highschool. lol. our H.S. starts in 8th grade... sort of. )
     
  23. Kunax Sciforums:Reality not required Registered Senior Member

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    LOL...doh

    from my perspective swedish and Norwegian is like gypsy in the movie Snatch
     

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