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Rellevart

Oct 25, 2001, 09:20 AM

Since we primarily communicate in English on this forum, I thought it would be nice to know what other languages people speak, in case anybody's in need of translations or whatever. So, why don't you tell us your native language and any others in which you're proficient?

Native: English (the midwestern U.S. version)
Others: German - can read fluently but speak/write like a 3 year old! Know a few words in Russian and Italian, but not really enough to get along.....

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darkhorse

Oct 25, 2001, 09:50 AM

Native: Spanish, in the chilean version, which is quite different to the one that Spanish people speak. I can get along with spanish people, though.
Others: This weird mix of Hebrew and English I type here. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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Harbidge

Oct 25, 2001, 10:05 AM

Just plain old English here I'm afraid. :S

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HMVNipper

Oct 25, 2001, 10:50 AM

Same here, Harb...this despite five years of French and five years of Spanish in school, plus seven years of Hebrew school...I know enough in French and Spanish to say "I don't understand French or Spanish!" Forget the Hebrew -- "shalom" about covers it...

Sigh...

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PennyLane

Oct 25, 2001, 02:55 PM

I speak fluent French and English. My mother speaks French, so I therefore know it as well. I take it in school as well.

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Lynner

Oct 25, 2001, 03:38 PM

English and some choice Polish phrases: "thank you", "you're welcome" and "nice butt" http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif to name a few.

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SF4-EVER

Oct 25, 2001, 04:01 PM

My native language is English, and I speak/understand German reasonably well, though I'm out of practice. My parents are both German and came over from Europe. They taught my older brother German as his first language, but since he had problems in school, they didn't teach me more than a few basic phrases. I learned most of my German in high school, actually, but I still speak it to my grandmother.

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Tim

Oct 25, 2001, 05:28 PM

English-though I do know the Japanese Go terms and about 70-80 kanji(a newspaper uses 2000). I am slowly figoring the language out though.

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alliesun

Oct 25, 2001, 05:38 PM

Cool topic, Rell http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

Native - English
Others - Spanish (not perfect - but still fluent), Italian (read/write), French (read/write), American Sign Language (fluent)

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**DONOTDELETE**

Oct 25, 2001, 07:45 PM

I speak Utah-ese. Nuclear is NucUlar here. The following phrases are also acceptable here:
"Was you just talking to me?"
"Where was you the other day?"
(Girl handing me a paper): "Here's you a copy."
"That don't seem right."

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh!

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jami

Oct 25, 2001, 08:16 PM

Heehe! No, babe ... that's just called dumbass, we get those here too http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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Tim

Oct 25, 2001, 08:54 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By jami:
Heehe! No, babe ... that's just called dumbass, we get those here too http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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FPSHOT

Oct 25, 2001, 09:29 PM

Native; Dutch
Others; English (speak/write, In my work, I communicate in English about 75% of my time), French (speak/write), German (speak), little Spanish (speak)

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joe

Oct 25, 2001, 11:42 PM

I am fluent in English, but my
main language is Pig Latin.
Thankyouka for askinga.

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McCharlenstar

Oct 26, 2001, 02:08 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Harbidge:
Just plain old English here I'm afraid. :S

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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mindgames

Oct 26, 2001, 04:46 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By 4thGenFan:
"Was you just talking to me?"
"Where was you the other day?"
(Girl handing me a paper): "Here's you a copy."
"That don't seem right."

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

All perfectly acceptable sentences.

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Rellevart

Oct 26, 2001, 04:55 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By joe:
I am fluent in English, but my
main language is Pig Latin.
Thankyouka for askinga.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

HAHAHA! I used to go around the house talking ONLY in Pig Latin when I was about 12. (Is it any wonder I now live 150 miles away from the rest of my family?) http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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Rellevart

Oct 26, 2001, 04:56 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By alliesun:
American Sign Language (fluent)

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Oh cool!! I want to learn that SO badly, but I just haven't had the time to take a class yet. How long did it take you to become fluent?

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HMVNipper

Oct 26, 2001, 04:45 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Rellevart:
HAHAHA! I used to go around the house talking ONLY in Pig Latin when I was about 12. (Is it any wonder I now live 150 miles away from the rest of my family?) http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

This post made me think of another "made-up" language...how many people remember the old kids' TV show Zoom on PBS (the old one from the 70s, I know it's back now) and their "language," UBBIE-DUBBIE? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif

Oh, and more to the point of the topic...I wish I were my brother-in-law -- he speaks something like 12 languages fluently, and he teaches Spanish, French and Italian in the Buffalo, NY public schools...I can only hope my child has more of THAT gift than the lack thereof that his father and I have. Sigh...

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[This Message Has Been Edited By HMVNipper On October 26, 2001 04:46 PM]

**DONOTDELETE**

Oct 26, 2001, 10:01 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By mindgames:
All perfectly acceptable sentences.

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http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif Yer hilarious.

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joe

Oct 27, 2001, 12:09 AM

Beatleicious

Oct 27, 2001, 09:28 AM

I speak English. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

And I know a little Finnish because my mom is from there, and now I'm learning German in school.

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MaccaGirl

Oct 27, 2001, 02:37 PM

I know 3 years worth of Spanish
English
I'm taking French in school
American Sign Language
and whatever you call the dialect they speak in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Tim

Oct 27, 2001, 02:53 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By MaccaGirl:

and whatever you call the dialect they speak in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Creole I beleive.

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MaccaGirl

Oct 27, 2001, 04:09 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Tim:
Creole I beleive.

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Well there ya go, I speak/understand that

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bearkat77

Oct 27, 2001, 10:19 PM

I'm only fleunt in English. I know a few words here and there of other languages, but nothing to write home about. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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**DONOTDELETE**

Oct 27, 2001, 10:59 PM

Keep those words to yourself, Kat. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/nono.gif

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Amalthea

Oct 28, 2001, 04:32 AM

Native: Italian
Others: English speak/write/read/listen American write/read/listen http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif Spanish speak/write/read/listen French read/listen Ancient Greek speak/write/read/listen (very useful, I know...eheh) Latin speak/write/read/listen (this one is more useful, but just a little bit...) and a few words of German, Norwegian, Russian, Albanian, Japanese, Chinese (thanks to internet and non internet pals http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif)

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MaccaGirl

Oct 28, 2001, 10:16 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Amalthea:
Native: Italian
Others: English speak/write/read/listen American write/read/listen http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif Spanish speak/write/read/listen French read/listen Ancient Greek speak/write/read/listen (very useful, I know...eheh) Latin speak/write/read/listen (this one is more useful, but just a little bit...) and a few words of German, Norwegian, Russian, Albanian, Japanese, Chinese (thanks to internet and non internet pals http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif)

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Wow! NOw we all feel dumb! But it's ok http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif I'll go back to twiddling my thumbs now.

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Amalthea

Oct 28, 2001, 10:42 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By MaccaGirl:
Wow! NOw we all feel dumb! But it's ok http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif I'll go back to twiddling my thumbs now.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nooo, it's easier for me, italian is a neo-latin language with spanish and french, so these languages are pretty linked together and easy to understand and learn for us... and english and american are the same thing...it just makes the list longer http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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MaccaGirl

Oct 28, 2001, 11:14 AM

Ah, that makes sense now, kinda http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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Tim

Oct 28, 2001, 07:19 PM

I can claim to speak 2 languages if you count obscene....

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alliesun

Oct 28, 2001, 09:37 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Tim:
I can claim to speak 2 languages if you count obscene....

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http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/nono.gif

http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif

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alliesun

Oct 28, 2001, 09:53 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Rellevart:
Oh cool!! I want to learn that SO badly, but I just haven't had the time to take a class yet. How long did it take you to become fluent?

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I had a few friends who communicated with ASL growing up - and that gave me a solid foundation. In High School I took three classes at the Junior College - and just kept using it from there... I highly reccommend taking a class! It's a beautiful language. In fact - for my first project - we had to sign a song... I did In My Life... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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bearkat77

Oct 28, 2001, 11:05 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By alliesun:
In fact - for my first project - we had to sign a song... I did In My Life... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And a good choice you made. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif

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Rellevart

Oct 29, 2001, 05:58 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
UBBIE-DUBBIE? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

OH yeah. I'm fluent in Ubbie-Dubbie too. I have a knack for those kind of goofy made-up languages. Why can't I have a knack for something USEFUL? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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MaccaGirl

Oct 30, 2001, 02:55 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Rellevart:
Why can't I have a knack for something USEFUL? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
'What's not useful about made up languages? Helpful when babysitting http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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Oct 31, 2001, 01:20 AM

Neat lil topic http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif. Well, my first language was Yugoslav - I didn't know a single word of English when I started pre-school. I speak Yugoslav (or Serbian, or Serbo-Croatian) fluently and I learnt French in school which I used to be quite handy with. I guess now that Yugoslavia has broken up into about 6 different countries, I can claim to speak 6 different languages! Not much difference in them at all since they're more or less one and the same. I understand a lot of other languages from countries around the Balkan, Bulgarian for instance is also practically the same as Yugoslav.

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Lucy in the diamond sky

Nov 02, 2001, 02:15 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Amalthea:
Ancient Greek speak/write/read/listen (very useful, I know...eheh)
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I was very happy to read this(someone is still learning greek)

About me:
Native:greek
and:ancient greek,English,French,German
and I know a few words in Russian(Because of one russian classmate called Rome)

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MaccaGirl

Nov 02, 2001, 04:04 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Lucy in the diamond sky:
(Because of one russian classmate called Rome)

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Shouldn't he be Italian then? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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Lucy in the diamond sky

Nov 04, 2001, 01:17 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By MaccaGirl:
Shouldn't he be Italian then? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

She is a girl!
I have the same question as you but who knows why she is not Italian http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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