Languages - Page 2

MellySingsDoom · 04.05.2007, 04:38 PM

sarramkrop - clearly I owe you a drink. Why? Who cares, I just do. Are they any languages you'd like to learn right now?

04.05.2007, 04:39 PM

I have a muslim prayer stuck on my front door. Tomorrow?

MellySingsDoom · 04.05.2007, 04:40 PM

Yeah, why not?

!@#$%! · 04.05.2007, 04:41 PM

04.05.2007, 04:42 PM

k. I'll pm.

MellySingsDoom · 04.05.2007, 04:42 PM

Coolio.

floatingslowly · 04.05.2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

And you're not that important.

YOU WOUND ME, KIND SIR.

MellySingsDoom · 04.05.2007, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

You speak the language of fire? Ye gods, what other unearthly powers do you possess?

!@#$%! · 04.05.2007, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

You speak the language of fire? Ye gods, what other unearthly powers do you possess?

i make a mean bloody mary

MellySingsDoom · 04.05.2007, 05:23 PM

!@#$%! - clearly, you have skills beyond any Englishman. You shall be my new god.

PS. Can you make a decent curry?

!@#$%! · 04.05.2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

!@#$%! - clearly, you have skills beyond any Englishman. You shall be my new god.

PS. Can you make a decent curry?

im afraid the term "curry" eludes me, because i've never been to britain-- but i've been know to make chicken tikka masala -- does that count?

MellySingsDoom · 04.05.2007, 05:31 PM

Yes, it will, if said curry has no sultanas in it. Otherwise, I'm forced to downgrade your status from god to emperor.

Never been to Britain, eh? If you do get the chance, you do need to check out Brick Lane (i.e. curry central) in London.

!@#$%! · 04.05.2007, 05:33 PM

i had to google sultanas -- apparently in america known as thompson seedless raisins.

can i saw "eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww"?? oh chicken tikka masala??

please-- worship me as the sun.

MellySingsDoom · 04.05.2007, 05:40 PM

Sun God, eh?

"Hey Homer, I'm worshipping the Sun God now. Making plenty of scratch from it".
"Scratch, eh?"
"Yep, me and Maude are making plenty of dough"
"Maude, eh?"

I'll do it!

Re. the sultana thing - in the 70's, English people thought that any curry was not complete without sultanas. The very idea of that makes me want to heave.

Katy · 04.05.2007, 06:24 PM

I speak English and psychobabble fluently.

I can speak okay-ish Russian, but I can't read it.

I can get by in French, German and Italian ("get by in", in my case, means I can sing a few songs in those languages and hold a very boring conversation in them.)

I know how to say a few "useful" things (ie: "hello, goodbye, yes, no", "you are disgusting", "fuck off", "happy birthday", "where's the toilet") in Welsh, Swedish, Spanish, Dutch, Cantonese and Japanese.

I want to learn (properly learn) more Slavic languages. Polish, Czech/Slovak and "Serbo-Croatian", mostly, because I want to do some more traveling around that part of the world.

Danny Himself · 04.05.2007, 06:26 PM

UK English (colour)
US English (color)
Olde English (coloure)
Australian (malonga gilderchuck)
Canadian (colour, 'eh?)

MellySingsDoom · 04.05.2007, 06:27 PM

Katy - Czech is a bit of a headache to learn (I've been doing it for 5 years now), but I really enjoy it, and it was dead useful in my last time in the Czech Rep. If you have enough (or any?) money, the Czech Centre in London does good courses.

Katy · 04.05.2007, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

Katy - Czech is a bit of a headache to learn (I've been doing it for 5 years now), but I really enjoy it, and it was dead useful in my last time in the Czech Rep. If you have enough (or any?) money, the Czech Centre in London does good courses.

Funny you mention that. My Mum and I were talking about it yesterday and she said if I was serious I should look up classes at (I think she said) the Czech Centre. I was just looking at what evening classes are available at UCL's school of Slavonic and Eastern European studies too.. they look pretty good.

I haven't done a lot of research into the specifics yet, but I'm sort of hoping it won't be TOO hard to learn any of these languages since I've already got a good basic grasp of Russian. (Though I'm sure the reading and writing part will screw me..)

Пятхъдесят Шест · 04.05.2007, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Katy

I haven't done a lot of research into the specifics yet, but I'm sort of hoping it won't be TOO hard to learn any of these languages since I've already got a good basic grasp of Russian. (Though I'm sure the reading and writing part will screw me..)

Good luck. Mastering Russian goes hand in hand with mastering the Cyrillic alphabet, which intimidates people from learning an otherwise fairly easy language. I've struggled for years with trying to be 'fluent', but I'm constantly relearning the alphabet, what with the soft and hard vowels from outer space.

MellySingsDoom · 04.05.2007, 06:52 PM

If you know Russian, it's a least a start to getting to grips with Czech (the grammar and all that). We have a student in my class who speaks Russians, and he sometimes goes into Russian, which doesn't impress our Czech teacher (who has a degree in Russian).

04.05.2007, 04:38 PM	#21
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	sarramkrop - clearly I owe you a drink. Why? Who cares, I just do. Are they any languages you'd like to learn right now? __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.05.2007, 04:39 PM	#22
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I have a muslim prayer stuck on my front door. Tomorrow?
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04.05.2007, 04:40 PM	#23
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Yeah, why not? __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648
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04.05.2007, 04:42 PM	#25
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	k. I'll pm.
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04.05.2007, 04:42 PM	#26
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Coolio. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.05.2007, 05:23 PM	#30
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	!@#$%! - clearly, you have skills beyond any Englishman. You shall be my new god. PS. Can you make a decent curry? __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.05.2007, 05:31 PM	#32
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Yes, it will, if said curry has no sultanas in it. Otherwise, I'm forced to downgrade your status from god to emperor. Never been to Britain, eh? If you do get the chance, you do need to check out Brick Lane (i.e. curry central) in London. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.05.2007, 05:33 PM	#33
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	i had to google sultanas -- apparently in america known as thompson seedless raisins. can i saw "eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww"?? oh chicken tikka masala?? please-- worship me as the sun.
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04.05.2007, 05:40 PM	#34
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Sun God, eh? "Hey Homer, I'm worshipping the Sun God now. Making plenty of scratch from it". "Scratch, eh?" "Yep, me and Maude are making plenty of dough" "Maude, eh?" I'll do it! Re. the sultana thing - in the 70's, English people thought that any curry was not complete without sultanas. The very idea of that makes me want to heave. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.05.2007, 06:24 PM	#35
Katy the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, UK. Posts: 643	I speak English and psychobabble fluently. I can speak okay-ish Russian, but I can't read it. I can get by in French, German and Italian ("get by in", in my case, means I can sing a few songs in those languages and hold a very boring conversation in them.) I know how to say a few "useful" things (ie: "hello, goodbye, yes, no", "you are disgusting", "fuck off", "happy birthday", "where's the toilet") in Welsh, Swedish, Spanish, Dutch, Cantonese and Japanese. I want to learn (properly learn) more Slavic languages. Polish, Czech/Slovak and "Serbo-Croatian", mostly, because I want to do some more traveling around that part of the world.
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04.05.2007, 06:26 PM	#36
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	UK English (colour) US English (color) Olde English (coloure) Australian (malonga gilderchuck) Canadian (colour, 'eh?)
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04.05.2007, 06:27 PM	#37
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Katy - Czech is a bit of a headache to learn (I've been doing it for 5 years now), but I really enjoy it, and it was dead useful in my last time in the Czech Rep. If you have enough (or any?) money, the Czech Centre in London does good courses. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.05.2007, 06:52 PM	#40
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	If you know Russian, it's a least a start to getting to grips with Czech (the grammar and all that). We have a student in my class who speaks Russians, and he sometimes goes into Russian, which doesn't impress our Czech teacher (who has a degree in Russian). __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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