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Poll Question: What languages do you know, fluently or not?
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72 [4.60%]
27 [1.72%]
26 [1.66%]
17 [1.09%]
6 [0.38%]
580 [37.04%]
1 [0.06%]
9 [0.57%]
1 [0.06%]
2 [0.13%]
5 [0.32%]
6 [0.38%]
13 [0.83%]
784 [50.06%]
17 [1.09%]
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Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Oh, and I can speak American


LOL  And thanks to the Grey/Ranting Room, my British is much improved!
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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Oh, and I can speak American


LOL  And thanks to the Grey/Ranting Room, my British is much improved!
ar, it be that
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Dutch, English, German and a tiny bit of French.

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Spanish, English, and some German
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English and in the process of learning French


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Well Swedish ,English and Norwegian but its allmost the same as swe i dno if i can speak it realy but i understand most of the stuff when i hear it same with Danish also preety similar to Swedish.
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My mother tongue is German, but I speak English and French too.
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I used to speak the "Language of Love". Then I got married and its getting kind of rusty.

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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

I used to speak the "Language of Love". Then I got married and its getting kind of rusty.


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Haven't picked that one up yet...
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I tried spanish in school, now I wonder whether or not I would enjoy myself if I ever went to latin america, or spain.
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English as mother tongue
French - un petit peu
Scot Gaelic - no prog bands sing in gaelic as far as I know
Greek (modern) - or so I fooled myself until a recent visit to Cyprus proved I'd forgotten it all
Latin - all now well forgotten despite 4 years of it
Once was a member of a small group trying to learn an invented language called Loglan
 
Think that's it...
 
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My serious answer to this is that I am native English speaking.  I can speak enough Spanish to get by in a health care setting...¿Como se siente?...¿Tiene dolor? ....etcetra.  I am usually prepared for replies, but sometimes I get something back from left field.  Talking to Spanish speakers about soccer is a good ice breaker during subjective assessment.  We have a high population of Spanish only speakers here. 
I learned enough German to get by in Bavaria, Austria, and Switzerland. But honestly if you can't find an English speaker in those places, you're just not trying very hard.  My 3 days in Italy also required I learn a handful of courtesies. 

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I have a loose grasp on English
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English, Swedish and Finnish. Finnish is my first language since i happen to be a Finn. Tongue
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Originally posted by ProgRobUK ProgRobUK wrote:

English as mother tongue
French - un petit peu
Scot Gaelic - no prog bands sing in gaelic as far as I know
Greek (modern) - or so I fooled myself until a recent visit to Cyprus proved I'd forgotten it all
Latin - all now well forgotten despite 4 years of it
Once was a member of a small group trying to learn an invented language called Loglan
 
Think that's it...
 
Cheers,
Horslips are one Gaelic Prog band that springs to mind, though I'm sure there must be others (Runrig and Capercaillie fall short of being prog)
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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2007 at 18:09
  • Spanish: Of course
  • English
  • German: Only 1 year of study, so I may survive and not starve in germany, but don't ask me more. LOL
  • Italian: My mother's family speak that language, though I understand it much better than i speak it.
  • Portuguese: took some classes and it's easier for Spanish speakers.
  • Latin: Well it was mandatory for my career.

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Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

I speak the language of love.  Too bad no one listens.  Cry 


That'll be because men are from Mars, women are from Venus & you're from Uranus!

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A peculiar mix of British English and American English (that's what you get for learning to talk in England and then living in California for 12 years and move back to England).

I can also speak a tiny bit of Spanish. I plan to take it up again soon.
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Originally posted by progismylife progismylife wrote:

A peculiar mix of British English and American English (that's what you get for learning to talk in England and then living in California for 12 years and move back to England).
My daughter does that without ever visiting the USA - just from watching television. (Or rather ... just from watching television? as she is apt to say having adopted the infuriating High Rising Terminal from being adicted to Buffy and Friends) Now whenever she and her friends gather around our house chatting, I put on Zappa's Valley Girl very loudly and quietly chuckle away to myself.
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