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How many languages do you speak?

Posted: 2003-06-13 10:46am
by Col. Crackpot
i speak 2 fairly well. English (obviously) and Spanish. I also understand enough French to navigate and survive in a French speaking country. what about you? hablamas muchas idiomas?

Posted: 2003-06-13 10:52am
by Montcalm
Guess 8)

Posted: 2003-06-13 10:57am
by Nathan F
I speak English quite fluently, and southern English (Hey, it might as well be a second language... ;)). I know rudimentary German and Spanish, as well.

Posted: 2003-06-13 10:58am
by Col. Crackpot
Montcalm wrote:Guess 8)
Duex, Anglais et Francais, corrigent ?

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:00am
by Zoink
OK in English. Less OK, but manageable in French. My written French is dismal.

Re: How many languages do you speak?

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:01am
by Slartibartfast
Col. Crackpot wrote:i speak 2 fairly well. English (obviously) and Spanish. I also understand enough French to navigate and survive in a French speaking country. what about you? hablamas muchas idiomas?
So what's that fourth language you're using there then? :P

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:02am
by Kelly Antilles
Speak? Well, southern English, of course :mrgreen:, the Queen's English on occasion, a bit of French, Spanish, German, and Japanese.

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:05am
by XaLEv
Fluent in English only. Know a little Japanese, less Portuguese.

EDIT: Pero, no español. Nada.

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:05am
by Montcalm
Col. Crackpot wrote:
Montcalm wrote:Guess 8)
Deux, Anglais et Francais, corrigent ?
I also speak Quebecois wich makes three. :wink:

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:08am
by Vympel
English and broken Greek.

Surprised noone's made a 6 million forms of communication jibe yet ...

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:08am
by Zaia
I speak English well, Spanish reasonably well (although I've yet to test it in a Spanish-speaking country), and my French is passable. I pronouce things really well (I guess partly because I have a musical ear, which helps that sort of thing?), which sort of leads people to believe that my French (especially French) is better than it is, but those holidays spent in Mont Tremblant in Quebec have paid off a bit in practice!

I also know snippets of German, Hebrew and Italian, and I'm planning on learning some basic Icelandic because I will get there on holiday eventually!

I think that's it.

To clarify about my English, I understand Aussie-English perfectly, but can't speak it as well as I used to be able to. I'm sure a couple months back there would help this issue. And of course I speak Americanized English well, with a hint of a Southern accent. :D

Re: How many languages do you speak?

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:08am
by Col. Crackpot
Slartibartfast wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:i speak 2 fairly well. English (obviously) and Spanish. I also understand enough French to navigate and survive in a French speaking country. what about you? hablamas muchas idiomas?
So what's that fourth language you're using there then? :P
I never said i was good! :lol:

EDIT: Oday ouyay eekspay igpay atinlay? :lol:

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:12am
by Ghost Rider
I speak English.

I know some Korean, and Japanese...with a smattering of French, German, and Spanish.

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:17am
by Kelly Antilles
Zaia wrote:(I guess partly because I have a musical ear, which helps that sort of thing?)
Mais oui. Moi aussi.
And of course I speak Americanized English well, with a hint of a Southern accent. :D
nuh-uh... you have a Maryland accent which is so far away from Southern... think Southern with a Yankee flair and that's a Maryland accent. :mrgreen:

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:17am
by Col. Crackpot
funny story, whenever we get new machine operators at work, they all think they can say whatever they want around me and get away with it. let me tell you i have lost coun't how many startled Guatemalan's havce utttered the phrase " Ay dios! El putan gringo sabe mucho espanol!" :lol:

Posted: 2003-06-13 11:19am
by Col. Crackpot
Kelly Antilles wrote:
Zaia wrote:(I guess partly because I have a musical ear, which helps that sort of thing?)
Mais oui. Moi aussi.
And of course I speak Americanized English well, with a hint of a Southern accent. :D
nuh-uh... you have a Maryland accent which is so far away from Southern... think Southern with a Yankee flair and that's a Maryland accent. :mrgreen:
dood, that ain't nuthin! dabothayous ain't neva lived till yous heahed a Roe Dylin' accent. :D

Posted: 2003-06-13 12:05pm
by Oberleutnant
I speak four languages.

Finnish / English / Swedish / German
Minä puhun suomea / I speak English / Jag talar svenska / Ich spreche Deutsch.

I also had French for two years in early high-school, but I've forgotten most of it. To be frank, I only remember one full phrase of French (this was in our text book!), though I'm not sure of the spelling:

Je cherche un bureau de tobacco. - I'm looking for a tobacco shop.

Too bad I'm not even a smoker, unless you count those few dozen cigars I smoke per year. :)

Since you others are counting your local dialects as spoken languages, perhaps I should as well. ;) Spoken Finnish (at least here in northern Helsinki metropolitan area) differs a lot from the official language.

Are you going to Helsinki with your friend tomorrow?
Oletko menossa Helsinkiin ystäväsi kanssa huomenna? - official Finnish
Meeksä stadii frendis kaa huomen? - "north Helsinki metro slang"

Posted: 2003-06-13 12:09pm
by Grand Admiral Thrawn
I can speak English and a bit of French.


Oh course I can swear in a dozen languages.

Posted: 2003-06-13 12:09pm
by haas mark
I know Wnglish (obviously) and I speak Spanish fairly well. I can understand (theoretically) Portuguese and Italian given that, and I can understand some French, and less German. I also know a bit of Russian (though all in present tense, and I am getting caught up on it again, anyhow).

~ver

Posted: 2003-06-13 12:13pm
by Setzer
SETZER: I am capable of over 6 million forms of communication, and can readily-
EV-9D9: (holds a hydrospanner in front of Setzer's face)
SETZER: i'm American. I only know 1 language. Working on learning Japanese, though.

Posted: 2003-06-13 12:19pm
by Thirdfain
Q: What do you call someone who speaks three languages?
A: Trilingual
Q: What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
A: Bilingual
Q:What do you call someone who speaks one language?
A: American


I'm american....

Posted: 2003-06-13 12:20pm
by Alyeska
I speak English and Techno-Bullshit.

Posted: 2003-06-13 12:24pm
by Sea Skimmer
I speak English, the basics of Spanish and the language of our ancient alien comrades, which just happens to be English.

Posted: 2003-06-13 12:27pm
by Frank Hipper
English and enough Spanish to make a complete ass of myself.

Posted: 2003-06-13 12:29pm
by Darth Garden Gnome
I speak English. Go me!

And I guess you could count my sub-kindergarden level Spanish, of which I've had a grand total of ONE year of. So...go me!