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akprodr · 02.11.2009, 12:44 PM

So, people who speak many languages are called polyglots.

People who speak two languages are called bilingual.

People who speak one language are called Americans.

How many and which languages do you speak?

Me, I'm an American.

Glice · 02.11.2009, 12:45 PM

I think you'll find it was the English who invented linguistic imperialism.

Rob Instigator · 02.11.2009, 12:48 PM

I speak Spanish and English.

I used to speak "hipster" but the hipsters passed me by.

ha!

Lurker · 02.11.2009, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I used to speak "hipster" but the hipsters passed me by.

So now that's like knowing a dead language like ancient Greek or Latin.

Lurker · 02.11.2009, 01:09 PM

I don't know any other languages. It makes me angry and sad.

floatingslowly · 02.11.2009, 01:26 PM

I'm fluent in over 6,000,000 forms of communication; the most exciting being Rigelian direct pheromone injection sequences.

smells like...love.

Antagon · 02.11.2009, 01:38 PM

I'm bilingual. I speak German and English
I do know a bit French, not too much though

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 02.11.2009, 01:50 PM

I speak English and a little broken German.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pY-0JfEdLY

!@#$%! · 02.11.2009, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by akprodr

People who speak one language are called Americans.

the english too!

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i speak gringo, spanish (and multiple kinds of national slangs), french, and i can read a bit of portuguese and italian.

looking forward to learn japanese one of these days, but the recession is keeping my hands off the rosetta stone software i was planning to use for this.

ploesj · 02.11.2009, 02:49 PM

dutch is my native language, my english and french is quite fluent... i understand a lot of spanish and german and i know basic latin. i can also figure out quite a lot of words in italian and scandinavian languages.

we have an exchange teacher from america right now, and she was amazed by the fact that everyone in class speaks at least two languages fluently. it's typically flemish, we know no one else in the world speaks our language so we'd be screwed if we didn't learn any other one.

MellySingsDoom · 02.11.2009, 06:12 PM

Me speaketh english, German and Czech.

Trust me, if I "wrote" phonetically (ie how I actually speak), you'd all think that I had a permanent stroke. Just ask poor old Demonrail, Sarram or anyone else here who's spoken to me IRL...

phoenix · 02.12.2009, 04:17 AM

I speak english. ba baow.

In the past I have started learning languages so many times(french, italian, spanish, chinese-mandarin, japanese, and auslan/sign) and.. stopped. One day I'll go throw myself into each country for six months and force myself to stay with it and learn. I'd be happy with fluent enlgish, french, spanish, then having capable of decent communication in chinese-mandarin, and Auslan.

pbradley · 02.12.2009, 04:26 AM

I can understand Spanish and Latin but can only speak very little of each.

Death & the Maiden · 02.12.2009, 04:49 AM

I studied German at school for four years, so I can speak some of that - not fluently, but probably enough to get by in Deutschland.
I really want to learn Japanese. I've started by learning a few basic words and phrases and learning about the language from the internet. But trying to properly learn it this year probably wouldn't be a good idea, since it's my HSC year.

demonrail666 · 02.12.2009, 05:04 AM

degree level patois

demonrail666 · 02.12.2009, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

Me speaketh english, German and Czech.

Trust me, if I "wrote" phonetically (ie how I actually speak), you'd all think that I had a permanent stroke. Just ask poor old Demonrail, Sarram or anyone else here who's spoken to me IRL...

I just stopped listening after that time in 1992 when you managed to mention Whitehouse four times in a single sentence.

02.11.2009, 12:44 PM	#1
akprodr the end of the ugly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mt Clair Posts: 1,129	So, people who speak many languages are called polyglots. People who speak two languages are called bilingual. People who speak one language are called Americans. How many and which languages do you speak? Me, I'm an American. __________________ Odi profanum vulgus et arceo
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	I speak Spanish and English. I used to speak "hipster" but the hipsters passed me by. ha! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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ploesj invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: antwerp. Posts: 2,901	dutch is my native language, my english and french is quite fluent... i understand a lot of spanish and german and i know basic latin. i can also figure out quite a lot of words in italian and scandinavian languages. we have an exchange teacher from america right now, and she was amazed by the fact that everyone in class speaks at least two languages fluently. it's typically flemish, we know no one else in the world speaks our language so we'd be screwed if we didn't learn any other one. __________________ blog flickr
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02.11.2009, 06:12 PM	#11
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Me speaketh english, German and Czech. Trust me, if I "wrote" phonetically (ie how I actually speak), you'd all think that I had a permanent stroke. Just ask poor old Demonrail, Sarram or anyone else here who's spoken to me IRL... __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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02.12.2009, 04:17 AM	#12
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	I speak english. ba baow. In the past I have started learning languages so many times(french, italian, spanish, chinese-mandarin, japanese, and auslan/sign) and.. stopped. One day I'll go throw myself into each country for six months and force myself to stay with it and learn. I'd be happy with fluent enlgish, french, spanish, then having capable of decent communication in chinese-mandarin, and Auslan. __________________ tiny and lost.
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I can understand Spanish and Latin but can only speak very little of each.
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02.12.2009, 04:49 AM	#14
Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	I studied German at school for four years, so I can speak some of that - not fluently, but probably enough to get by in Deutschland. I really want to learn Japanese. I've started by learning a few basic words and phrases and learning about the language from the internet. But trying to properly learn it this year probably wouldn't be a good idea, since it's my HSC year. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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02.12.2009, 05:04 AM	#15
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	degree level patois
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