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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:03 PM Original message |
Poll question: How many other languages do you speak? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unfortunately, none. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I've found that I forget them too easily. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Awe... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have a fairly passing knowledge of Spanish. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. For travelling abroad |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Immersion is the best way to learn a language. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I used to be passable with Spanish |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's why you need one of those official language acts. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Screw that! |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Speak? |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. A suitably impressive list |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. If I'd had the talent.... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Hindi |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I memorized some Sanskrit prayers. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Indeed so |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. I know Spanish real well... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. Spanish + English (Portuguese being the mother tongue) |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Two. Fluent in Spanish, can mangle Brazilian Portuguese. |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Three on a "more than a flick through the phrase-book" level, |
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wain (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. Does COBOL or FORTRAN count? |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. LOL! In that case make that 2 - Dutch and HTML LOL! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Just to be clear: Fortran is a language. HTML is not. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Oh yea??? |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. What if you understand 8+ but can't speak it. Does that count? |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. ZERO. |
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WoodyTobiasJr (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. Klingon |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. None- kept me from finishing my degree |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. My dear tj! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. Just french - and I lose more and more every day |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. Spanish, very poorly... |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. Spanglish |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm fairly fluent in American Sign Language |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. Fluent in Swedish. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. I can barely speak English, and it's hard for me to grunt too... |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. My mother tongue is Latvian and I speak, read and write it, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Really? |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Yes, I was in Latvia in April, not many miles from Vecpiebalga. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. He was always a maverick |
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scoey1953 (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. Nihongo o sukoshi Hanashi masu (Japanese) |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. Here's a good way to brush up on the Russian |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. The only language I speak proficiently at the moment is |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. With that criteria... four. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. I speak one other, I can read 3 more. |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
44. Latin, Spanish, and French. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
45. Two +/-... |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
46. I spent four years learning German |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
47. I've studied German, Italian and Latin |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
48. Speak: Four. Read: Eight. |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
49. English and German. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
50. Since I quit drinking..... |
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gkdmaths (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
51. does this list count? |
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