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Philéas 
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Joined: June 14 2006
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Points: 6419
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 Posted: October 31 2007 at 12:02 |
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Someone's been having fun with the poll I see (86 votes for Swedish, wtf?)
Damn Swedish patriots.
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Moogtron III
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 26 2005
Location: Belgium
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Points: 10616
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Posted: October 31 2007 at 19:12 |
 Fassbinder wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
Dutch (my mother tongue)
English (quite good)
German (rather good)
French (could be worse)
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That's all, really. 
Oh, I can translate four other, ancient, languages, at least when they are when written down: Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic  , but that doesn't really count, does it  ?
Languages I would like to learn: Italian (the most beautiful language in the world, even e pericoloso sporghersi is poetry in my ears), Spanish, and I even dream of speaking Chinese and Russian. Well, maybe, some day... |
Well, translation from Hebrew is not that difficult (personal experience), but Aramaic... incredible! |
Thanks! Actually, Aramaic, as a semitic language, is not that different from Hebrew. I learned biblical Aramaic and Palestinian Aramaic. If you can learn Hebrew, you can easily learn Aramaic as well.
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Fassbinder
Forum Senior Member
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Joined: May 27 2006
Location: My world
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Points: 3497
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Posted: October 31 2007 at 19:27 |
Moogtron III wrote:
Fassbinder wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
Dutch (my mother tongue)
English (quite good)
German (rather good)
French (could be worse)
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That's all, really.
Oh, I can translate four other, ancient, languages, at least when they are when written down: Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic , but that doesn't really count, does it ?
Languages I would like to learn: Italian (the most beautiful language in the world, even e pericoloso sporghersi is poetry in my ears), Spanish, and I even dream of speaking Chinese and Russian. Well, maybe, some day... |
Well, translation from Hebrew is not that difficult (personal experience), but Aramaic... incredible! |
Thanks! Actually, Aramaic, as a semitic language, is not that different from Hebrew. I learned biblical Aramaic and Palestinian Aramaic. If you can learn Hebrew, you can easily learn Aramaic as well. |
Exactly, I have no doubts. The language I've learnt is the so called Modern Hebrew though, which differs, I believe, in that degree or another, from the Biblical Hebrew. The latter should be quite close to Aramaic.
Also, I wonder how many of today's Hebrew speakers are able to read the Bible easily (excluding, of course, the religious ones, who have to know it by the definition).
Anyway, I always had an admiration for the classical education (unfortunately, I didn't learn any of the classical languages) and for those who have notion of these languages, especially in our time, when even the live languages aren't considered important, let alone the dead ones.
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Badabec
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 14 2005
Location: Germany
Status: Offline
Points: 1313
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Posted: November 01 2007 at 06:29 |
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German (mother tongue)
English
French
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Mesmo a tristeza da gente era mais bela
E além disso se via da janela
Um cantinho de céu e o Redentor
- Antônio Carlos Jobim, Toquinho & Vinícius de Moraes - Carta ao Tom 74
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Abstrakt
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 18 2005
Location: Soundgarden
Status: Offline
Points: 18292
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Posted: November 03 2007 at 11:45 |
Philéas wrote:
Someone's been having fun with the poll I see (86 votes for Swedish, wtf?)
Damn Swedish patriots.
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markosherrera
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 01 2006
Location: World
Status: Offline
Points: 3252
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Posted: November 03 2007 at 23:37 |
the poll is bad because one member can vote many times..I VOTED EIGHT TIMES CANTONESE,PLEASE DELETE THE POLL ,or make again the poll ,but with only one vote possible for each member!!! 
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Abstrakt
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 18 2005
Location: Soundgarden
Status: Offline
Points: 18292
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Posted: November 04 2007 at 03:22 |
This poll has turned into Sweden vs. Norway! 
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Leningrad
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 15 2006
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 7991
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Posted: November 04 2007 at 17:11 |
And I didn't even post this in the Just For Fun section. 
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TGM: Orb
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 21 2007
Location: n/a
Status: Offline
Points: 8052
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Posted: November 19 2007 at 16:57 |
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Native English, modest German, beginner Italian, near-native Latin and decent Ancient Greek.
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Atkingani
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Joined: October 21 2005
Location: Terra Brasilis
Status: Offline
Points: 12288
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Posted: November 20 2007 at 09:15 |
Poll closed.
Norwegian won seconded by Swedish...
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