Finnish (1st language)
Swedish (also 1st language, I'm bilingual)
English
..and I've totally forgotten German.
Swedish (also 1st language, I'm bilingual)
English
..and I've totally forgotten German.
I need around tree fiddy.
French (first language. I speak the Acadian type of French)
English (2nd language, and I went to an english college to improve my skills while studying in the field that I work in now)
Spanish (learned by myself, and know enough to have spent a few weeks in Mexico with folks who only speak Spanish)
I would like to learn German and/or Russian and/or Finnish and/or Norwegian eventually. And machine code
English (2nd language, and I went to an english college to improve my skills while studying in the field that I work in now)
Spanish (learned by myself, and know enough to have spent a few weeks in Mexico with folks who only speak Spanish)
I would like to learn German and/or Russian and/or Finnish and/or Norwegian eventually. And machine code
are there like any foreigners that speak Dutch?
(not talking about Belgians)
(not talking about Belgians)
German
English
French
Latin
English
French
Latin
Dutch (mother tongue)
French (fairly good)
German (limited)
English (good)
Swedish (just started this year, I've had four months so far)
Latin (tbh, I don't speak it but I can read it)
French (fairly good)
German (limited)
English (good)
Swedish (just started this year, I've had four months so far)
Latin (tbh, I don't speak it but I can read it)
English
Bullshit
Shoshone Cherokee (no not really)
Bullshit
Shoshone Cherokee (no not really)
Swedish, first language
English, can speak it pretty well
Finnish, not too good (fuck living in a monolingual community where the minority language of the country is spoken )
German, enough to get by
English, can speak it pretty well
Finnish, not too good (fuck living in a monolingual community where the minority language of the country is spoken )
German, enough to get by
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Ireland and Britain have a pretty bad rep for being no good with foreign languages. We go on holidays and many of us often rely on the fact that the inhabitants of the country we're visiting will "probably have a bit of English" and we won't have to make the effort. What languages can you speak?
I can speak Gaeilge, English and a little bit of French (though I really need go back and learn it properly).
I can speak Gaeilge, English and a little bit of French (though I really need go back and learn it properly).
You think Ireland and Britain have a bad rep?
I certainly don't do anything to change the world view about our country, I speak English and am taking German classes, but the class has been terrible and despite taking it for three years, I probably couldn't even get by in German.
I certainly don't do anything to change the world view about our country, I speak English and am taking German classes, but the class has been terrible and despite taking it for three years, I probably couldn't even get by in German.
English and Spanish and Im a little familiar with Arabic, not much.
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English, and have been taking GCSE french, although probably should have paid more attention to it...I'm probably going to fail the exam.....Can say " I love you" in Dutch too
English, badly when drunk.
I think we do to a certain extent. The old stereotypical idea of the English tourist speaking really slow and loud and despairing that the 'foreigner' doesn't know what they are on about (that stereotype pretty much holds for Irish tourists too, except we're usually drunk as well!).Flaming_Maniac wrote:
You think Ireland and Britain have a bad rep?
I certainly don't do anything to change the world view about our country, I speak English and am taking German classes, but the class has been terrible and despite taking it for three years, I probably couldn't even get by in German.
only english for me, i was saying at work the other day, how lazy we the english are with foreign languages, he agreed, but then said, a lot of the best music in the world comes from the UK and USA and its all in English, so a lot of foreignairs listen to that and pick a lot up from songs... is that a good point or not??
English and a decent amoutn of spanish.
Well I really meant compared to my country, the U.S.Braddock wrote:
I think we do to a certain extent. The old stereotypical idea of the English tourist speaking really slow and loud and despairing that the 'foreigner' doesn't know what they are on about (that stereotype pretty much holds for Irish tourists too, except we're usually drunk as well!).Flaming_Maniac wrote:
You think Ireland and Britain have a bad rep?
I certainly don't do anything to change the world view about our country, I speak English and am taking German classes, but the class has been terrible and despite taking it for three years, I probably couldn't even get by in German.
American English and a slight understanding of the Indonesian language.
Dutch and English fluently, pretty bad but understandable German, and some very basic French.
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine SecuROM slapping your face with its dick -- forever." -George Orwell
English, a little Spanish and I'm learning Cantonese.
Fluent Icelandic
Fluent English
Fluent Danish
A little Swedish
A little Norwegian
Learning German
I have 5503 songs in my Winamp library, 5490 are in English.
Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Italian, Icelandic, etc. bands, all using English lyrics.
Fluent English
Fluent Danish
A little Swedish
A little Norwegian
Learning German
I'd say that around 10% of my music library is from English speaking countries.Rubix-Cubes wrote:
only english for me, i was saying at work the other day, how lazy we the english are with foreign languages, he agreed, but then said, a lot of the best music in the world comes from the UK and USA and its all in English, so a lot of foreignairs listen to that and pick a lot up from songs... is that a good point or not??
I have 5503 songs in my Winamp library, 5490 are in English.
Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Italian, Icelandic, etc. bands, all using English lyrics.
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You see! That's what I'm talking about... putting the rest of us to shame!PBAsydney wrote:
Fluent Icelandic
Fluent English
Fluent Danish
A little Swedish
A little Norwegian
Learning German
Out of interest how similar are the neighbouring Scandinavian languages? A Dutch friend of mine said she could kind of understand Danish because it was like drunken Dutch!
English
That's sort-of true. Both languages stem from Germanic, so there's bound to be some similarities. It's worse than drunken Dutch though.Braddock wrote:
You see! That's what I'm talking about... putting the rest of us to shame!PBAsydney wrote:
Fluent Icelandic
Fluent English
Fluent Danish
A little Swedish
A little Norwegian
Learning German
Out of interest how similar are the neighbouring Scandinavian languages? A Dutch friend of mine said she could kind of understand Danish because it was like drunken Dutch!
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine SecuROM slapping your face with its dick -- forever." -George Orwell
Arabic and English. I am pretty sure, I have posted the same answer, somewhere else.
English and enough Spanish to get me an 89 in Spanish 1.