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Jaybeee -> What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 3:22:01 PM)
...and how well? Me.... Francais, presque couramment.... Genug deutsch, um mich klar ausdruecken... and just enough Spanish to get my face slapped by some Senorita in a bar... [:D]

littlewonder -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 3:59:11 PM)
I can count 1 to 10 in French. LOL...that's all I remember from a year of French in high school. I can speak Pittsburghese which is a language all in itself if you're from there hehe.

windchymes -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 4:08:45 PM)
I know a little bit of Dutch and French, but I can do a lot of accents fluently, lol.

NocturnalStalker -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 4:12:32 PM)
Demonic. It'll be a language one day, you'll see.

subkatslut -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 4:37:32 PM)
I knew French before I learned English. I guess my foreign parents figured I'd learn that in school. I did but it sucked...got picked on and didn't even know what they were saying or how to say anything to them.

tiggerspoohbear -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 5:00:33 PM)
I was born and raised French Canadian, so obviously that's my maternal language. I learned to speak English when I was about 3-4 yrs old because everyone else in the neighborhood spoke it. And I learned a few years of Spanish in high school, and even though it's been 30 yrs, if it's spoken to me slowly and simply I can still understand most of it. I can still speak it a bit too, though I wouldn't want to try it on a full time basis. As for accents? Leave me with someone for 1/2 day and I've picked up their accent. And no, contrary to what some people think I'm not making fun of their native tongue, I actually pick up the accent and incorporate it in either English or French. I can also understand some German, though not much.

DarkSteven -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 5:12:57 PM)
I was fluent in Spanish thirty years ago. I now have a flawless accent and hardly any vocabulary to go with it.

sunshinemiss -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 5:42:23 PM)
I speak Spanish (about intermediate level). I speak enough Korean to get by. Whenever I travel, I try to learn how to say at least "thank you" in their language so that I can be appreciative to all the kind people who help me - so I can say thank you in... French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Que'chua, and Arabic. In most of the world - or at least the cities - you can get by with English. The rest, the countryside, I find a giving heart, a big smile, and an open mind gets me through even when we have no words that mesh. That's one of the joys of not knowing the language - finding the commonalities without the words. I enjoy the non-word verbalizations a lot - the ooo's and ahh's and the mmm's and uh huh's of other languages a lot - each one has their own. I was speaking Spanish the other day to a friend of mine who started to do the Korean non-word verbals in the midst of our talk. I told him he'd been here too long! best, sunshine

PyrotheClown -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 5:47:48 PM)
ana afam shway shway arabi Puhun myos kaale(suomalaisia/roma) very little of either thou

PyrotheClown -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 5:51:33 PM)
probably should try to learn some spannish, way more useful then arabic or finnish

MrKicia -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 5:59:12 PM)
I speak a little spanglish. [:D] Just out of necessity.

Lucylastic -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 6:20:01 PM)
I speak a little swedish, im fluent in gibberish and stoopidspecialy after a few whiskeys I have rosetta stone and Im looking to learn spanish and french wether I will or not remains to be seen. Otherwise Im ashamed to admit I only speak english well

Hillwilliam -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 6:28:27 PM)
My parents got a 6 week old puppy when I was 8 weeks old. I was an only and was on My own a LOT. I probably learned to speak'dog' before I learned human. I get along better with them than most people too.

tiggerspoohbear -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 6:30:43 PM)
Yes, but you speak English in such a lovely manner. [:)] And it's been many years since I've written French (now that sucks the big one I will admit) but I can help you in speaking French. I still have relatives who speak nothing but. [8\|]

Lucylastic -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 6:32:02 PM)
woooof

DesFIP -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 6:32:38 PM)
I used to be fluent in Spanish. Well coastal Ecuadorian to be honest. In that I sounded like a native years ago but like so many other things, use it or lose it. And I've lost it.

Hillwilliam -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 6:33:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lucylastic woooof pants and humps air

Lucylastic -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 6:37:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tiggerspoohbear Yes, but you speak English in such a lovely manner. [:)] And it's been many years since I've written French (now that sucks the big one I will admit) but I can help you in speaking French. I still have relatives who speak nothing but. [8\|] smewchies thankyou hon apparently I have an awesome french accent, but understanding what Im saying is the problem, lol, and I can read more than I can write, thanks to bilingual signs:) Resists the urge to smack Hill on the nose and wags my tail instead, well out of range hehehe

Hillwilliam -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 6:39:58 PM)
And a damn fine tail it is.

TreasureKY -> RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? (12/6/2010 7:31:01 PM)
Firm is fluent in German, but doesn't use it as much as he used to. I can get by in a pinch with French. I had three years in school, but as I've never had a need for it, my vocabulary sucks. I could probably have a decent conversation with a three year old. [;)]

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