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maia
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posted October 07, 2005 22:47
umm, what? English, I think.
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alfrin
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posted October 07, 2005 22:56
Hmm, I don't think our friend here even speaks that one.
Here:
Me speak EnglishSpanish Latin. Pretty goodly ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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alfrin
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posted October 07, 2005 23:02
Before some of the meaner grammar police show up. Speak in proper sentences, capatalize things that should, and try and sound like you've completed English 9. This isn't a AOL chatroom LOLXD0wn3dBBQ a/sl wnt 2trad pix? type of place.
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The Famous Druid
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posted October 08, 2005 01:12
English, and enough Spanish to get myself out of trouble, but not enough to have a comfortable conversation.
I can count to 20 and buy a train ticket in 4 or 5 others.
(I really liked Chile btw - welcome mc^2)
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Grummash
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posted October 08, 2005 05:47
Hi e=mcsquared
English, "holiday German" and I'm trying to learn Hindi.
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ChildeRoland
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posted October 08, 2005 06:35
Just English and German. Ohh, and Geek according to some of my friends, does that count?
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SilverBlade
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posted October 08, 2005 09:58
I speak English, Spanish, Cantonese and a bit of Mandarin. Also bits of Danish.
I can write in English, Spanish and some primitive Chinese.
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dragonman97
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posted October 08, 2005 11:13
I speak English fluently, though some might disagree about that at times. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Spanish: Hablo poco español. (OTOH, I can read it reasonably well.)
I am functionally illiterate in Japanese, but understand a *smattering* of it.
I can make heads or tails of written German, for the sake of sifting through tech documents (that's one of the main reasons I want to learn it).
I'm pretty well versed in Perl. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
On a related note, I'm actually quite decent at pattern matching, so I can generally find what I'm looking for even if I don't actually know the language in question. I said that I'm functionally illiterate in Japanese, but...I'm pretty damn proud of myself for actually finding something successfully with google.co.jp...
[ query | success! ]
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Matias
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posted October 08, 2005 12:11
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how languages do u talk? ????
Nice... This may not be your first language.
I speak English as my second and Spanish as a first. I can probably understand Portuguese and Italian if some one spoke to me in either and of course I would respond in Spanish.
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posted October 08, 2005 12:29
I'm not very good at learning languages, but I have worked at Spanish and Classical Greek.
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ewomack
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posted October 08, 2005 13:07
私は日本語を話ます。
Well, not much... but a little...
También, hablo español. ¡Es cierto! ¡Soy un gallo grande!
...Et un peu Français. Oui! Je suis un grand poulet!
...And a little bit of Arabic, but I haven't yet learned how to type it into a forum.
Ja, und Ich bin ein grosse kartofelsalat!
And I'm still working on the Middle English:
"Thus swyved was this carpenteris wyf,
For al his kepyng and his jalousye;
And Absolon hath kist hir nether ye;
And Nicholas is scalded in the towte.
This tale is doon, and God save al the rowte!"
Thazz all.
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supergoo
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posted October 08, 2005 17:21
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Originally posted by ewomack:
"Thus swyved was this carpenteris wyf,
For al his kepyng and his jalousye;
And Absolon hath kist hir nether ye;
And Nicholas is scalded in the towte.
This tale is doon, and God save al the rowte!"
![[Eek!]](eek.gif) ewomack, how dare you post such filth!
I know Spanish the way most people know Latin: I know how to read it, but writing/speaking/understanding is out of the question. I would like to learn Hungarian, don't ask me why.
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nerdwithnofriends
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posted October 08, 2005 17:46
Ich spreche nur Englisch und ein Biscien Deutsch.
Wow, I'm fairly certain I screwed that up somehow. Ah well, I'm only in German II, so I have an excuse.
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posted October 08, 2005 17:50
English is my 2nd language, I speak Python fluently however. I spent the last week learning Ruby, I also understand a wee bit of Java, and can converse in at least a rudimentary level in PHP.
Seriously, my coworker and I go around the office speaking figuratively in Python...
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alfrin
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posted October 08, 2005 19:30
quote:
Originally posted by supergoo:
quote:
Originally posted by ewomack:
"Thus swyved was this carpenteris wyf,
For al his kepyng and his jalousye;
And Absolon hath kist hir nether ye;
And Nicholas is scalded in the towte.
This tale is doon, and God save al the rowte!"
ewomack, how dare you post such filth!
I know Spanish the way most people know Latin: I know how to read it, but writing/speaking/understanding is out of the question. I would like to learn Hungarian, don't ask me why.
And I know Latin the way most people know Spanish, I can speak it, read it, and write it decently
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The White Tree
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posted October 08, 2005 20:10
I speak American English and un peu francais aussi. That pretty much means I can order food and insult your mother.
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Jace Raven
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posted October 08, 2005 20:24
I speak "CAlli boy" "Marine" and "Geek".
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HalfVast
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posted October 08, 2005 20:41
I only talk 'merican.
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skylar
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posted October 09, 2005 14:39
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Originally posted by alfrin:
I know Latin the way most people know Spanish, I can speak it, read it, and write it decently
Me too ![[Smile]](smile.gif) . I also speak/write English (obviously), Ancient Greek, Urdu/Hindi, Punjabi and French.
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garlicguy
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posted October 09, 2005 15:08
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Originally posted by alfrin:
And I know Latin the way most people know Spanish, I can speak it, read it, and write it decently
Why is that? Are you studying for the priesthood by any chance?
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alfrin
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posted October 09, 2005 17:22
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Originally posted by garlicguy:
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Originally posted by alfrin:
And I know Latin the way most people know Spanish, I can speak it, read it, and write it decently
Why is that? Are you studying for the priesthood by any chance?
Meh, it just interested me so I went out and learned it. It has helped me in Spanish a lot figuring out words I don't know.
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The White Tree
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posted October 09, 2005 17:43
How exactly do you speak "Marine?" In the Navy we just speak english with a lot more cussing.
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