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What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 3:22:01 PM

Jaybeee

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...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...

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 3:59:11 PM

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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.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 4:08:45 PM

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I know a little bit of Dutch and French, but I can do a lot of accents fluently, lol.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 4:12:32 PM

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Demonic.

It'll be a language one day, you'll see.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 4:37:32 PM

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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.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 5:00:33 PM

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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.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 5:12:57 PM

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I was fluent in Spanish thirty years ago. I now have a flawless accent and hardly any vocabulary to go with it.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 5:42:23 PM

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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!

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 5:47:48 PM

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ana afam shway shway arabi

Puhun myos kaale(suomalaisia/roma)

very little of either thou

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 5:51:33 PM

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probably should try to learn some spannish, way more useful then arabic or finnish

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 5:59:12 PM

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I speak a little spanglish.

Just out of necessity.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 6:20:01 PM

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I speak a little swedish, im fluent in gibberish and stoopid*specialy 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

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 6:28:27 PM

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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.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 6:30:43 PM

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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.

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

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 6:32:38 PM

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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.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 6:33:21 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 6:37:55 PM

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quote:

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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.

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

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 6:39:58 PM

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And a damn fine tail it is.

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RE: What foreign (non-native) languages do you speak? - 12/6/2010 7:31:01 PM

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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.