How many languages do you speak?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-06-13 10:46am

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?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-13 10:52am

Guess

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-06-13 10:57am

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.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-06-13 10:58am

Montcalm wrote:Guess

Duex, Anglais et Francais, corrigent ?

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-06-13 11:00am

OK in English. Less OK, but manageable in French. My written French is dismal.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-06-13 11:01am

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?

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-06-13 11:02am

Speak? Well, southern English, of course

, the Queen's English on occasion, a bit of French, Spanish, German, and Japanese.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-06-13 11:05am

Fluent in English only. Know a little Japanese, less Portuguese.

EDIT: Pero, no español. Nada.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-13 11:05am

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Montcalm wrote:Guess
Deux, Anglais et Francais, corrigent ?

I also speak Quebecois wich makes three.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-06-13 11:08am

English and broken Greek.

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

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-06-13 11:08am

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.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-06-13 11:08am

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?

I never said i was good!

EDIT: Oday ouyay eekspay igpay atinlay?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-06-13 11:12am

I speak English.

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

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-06-13 11:17am

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.

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.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-06-13 11:17am

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!"

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-06-13 11:19am

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.
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.

dood, that ain't nuthin! dabothayous ain't neva lived till yous heahed a Roe Dylin' accent.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-06-13 12:05pm

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"

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2003-06-13 12:09pm

I can speak English and a bit of French.

Oh course I can swear in a dozen languages.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-06-13 12:09pm

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

Setzer · Post by **Setzer** » 2003-06-13 12:13pm

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.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2003-06-13 12:19pm

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....

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-06-13 12:20pm

I speak English and Techno-Bullshit.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-06-13 12:24pm

I speak English, the basics of Spanish and the language of our ancient alien comrades, which just happens to be English.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-06-13 12:27pm

English and enough Spanish to make a complete ass of myself.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-06-13 12:29pm

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!

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