Poll: Do you know more than one language?

[Morten Dall]

Danish, English and a little german and spanish.

 

[minarri]

I've been studying Japanese since I was a freshman in college, so about 6 years now. I'm fluent enough in conversation that I can go drinking with Japanese coworkers who know no English and not really have any problems language-wise.

On the flip side, I've totally forgotten almost all of my Spanish from high school. If I see written Spanish I can puzzle some of it out but I can't speak it at all any more.

 

[Shadowfaze]

I speak french quite well, as i have relatives who live there.

 

[Faulty Turmoil]

I know English and Bad English.

Cookie for reference.

Crap, can't remember which Diehard but definately Maclain

Guess again.

So it's Bruce Willis playing Bruce Willis in a non-Die Hard movie?

Well, if by that you mean the same character he always plays; by which I do not mean to infer that the quality of the films were diminished in any way. I rather enjoyed all the Die hard films.

But yes, essentially he is playing himself, or at least his character, in a non-Die hard movie.

Spoiler: I know the answer!

fifth fucking element!

i just watched it a couple months ago for the first time*ashamed*, it's quite a good flick, that was randomly one line that did stick with me

Yay!
As promised, your cookie.

Spoiler: Cookie

 

[StormShaun]

Well this is my list.

English
Sarcasm
Dragon
Elvish
british
American
Canadian Eh.
The language of awesome people
and the cat nyan nyan language.

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

I'm fluent in English and Irish, and can basically understand Scots Gaelige.

 

[CleverNickname]

I'm German, but I spend so much time on the (English-speaking part of the) Internet and set all my games and movies to English, that my English is almost better than my German.

I can speak some very broken Turkish, which is actually a shame as my father is a Turk, but never really taught me. Having done some linguistics at university though I understand its (comparatively simple) grammar fairly well.

Sadly, I forgot all the Japanese I learned in the one semester I took, or I might have continued. At least I know how to pronounce stuff, but I can't even read hiragana anymore

 

[ho Huios tes Moiras]

SNIP

I know, You should really fix your th too, It makes reading your post almost almost a job

Sorry, that's a habit I got into to annoy my friends on Facebook. If you want to try it out yourself, ALT+ 0254 for lowercase, 0222 for uppercase.

 

[Retal19]

Yes, English and German.

 

[uttaku]

I only speak english and thats all I need, seriously the rest of the world speaks suck good english that i never have to worry, went on a trip around most of europe, never had a problem.

 

[xochiquetzal]

English, Swedish and Italian fluent.
and frech, german and russian... fairly good

 

[HK_01]

Yep, I know English, German (and Swiss German, I think that can be counted as a seperate language), a decent bit of French and I'm in the process of learning Russian, but I've only just started and can hardly say anything.

 

[Farseer Lolotea]

I can speak Spanish brokenly and somewhat read it, and know a smattering of other languages (although it's mainly Esperanto and insults).

 

[Hollock]

I plan on learning another one soon, but probably won't. ;_;

 

[roguetrooper96]

I can speak german (My writing in german needs some work but I can speak it) and am currently trying to find a half decent rip-off of rosetta stone (One that doesn't eat my wallet leather and all) to help me learn japanese.

 

[Hlain]

Swedish, english and a bit of german.

 

[Fraught]

Yeah, I do. My native language is Estonian, I can speak English well, and I am also able to utter a dab of German and Russian. Well, okay, my Russian is dreadful, so much so that I can't even hold the most basic conversations, but my German is pretty decent.

Well this is my list.

English
Sarcasm
Dragon
Elvish
british
American
Canadian Eh.
The language of awesome people
and the cat nyan nyan language.

Overcompensating much, wink wink?

 

[MetalPhoenix]

Yep. English, Dutch and a little German

For me it's similar, English, German and a little Dutch, because of growing up on the border.

Actually, since this is more or less an international site with English as the common language, maybe it would be better to ask "Do you speak a language other than your mother tongue and English?".

I'm Dutch, so that's my mother tongue. But -for a big part thanks to the internet- my English is ok as well
I need to get better in German because I'm riding there quite often.

And one day I want to learn Suomi

 

[HUYI82]

English is my native language and i know some basic German from high school.

Trouble with being English is that they don't teach you languages when your most able to learn them: In primary school. Instead they only start teaching you in high school, and by then it's a bit late.

Plus, it's a rarity to come across foreign-language films or media if your English, so that further hinders Englanders picking up a foreign language.

So, there is a big shortage of people in England whom are fluent in a second language, which is problematic for international business' and institutions such as the EU wanting more British employees.

Funnily enough, one of my friends is studying French and Italian at university, and she could well get a first class degree. However, she has decided that she doesn't want a language career and wants to train to be a midwife after graduation.

i agree wholeheartedly, i was studying spanish in secondary school (high school for you americans) for 5 years i was fluent in the language but after i left school eventually i forgot most of it and i can only recall a few phrases now, it's such a shame because it's a very nice language to learn.

 

[Nickolai77]

English is my native language and i know some basic German from high school.

Trouble with being English is that they don't teach you languages when your most able to learn them: In primary school. Instead they only start teaching you in high school, and by then it's a bit late.

Plus, it's a rarity to come across foreign-language films or media if your English, so that further hinders Englanders picking up a foreign language.

So, there is a big shortage of people in England whom are fluent in a second language, which is problematic for international business' and institutions such as the EU wanting more British employees.

Funnily enough, one of my friends is studying French and Italian at university, and she could well get a first class degree. However, she has decided that she doesn't want a language career and wants to train to be a midwife after graduation.

i agree wholeheartedly, i was studying spanish in secondary school (high school for you americans) for 5 years i was fluent in the language but after i left school eventually i forgot most of it and i can only recall a few phrases now, it's such a shame because it's a very nice language to learn.

Yeah a lot of people say that they forget the languages they were taught in high school. I'm quite happy to say that i feel i've retained a fair bit of German. Still, as English people the odds are against us when learning a new language.

1)Your hardly exposed to a foreign languages because the dominance of English speaking media.

2)My friend, who i mentioned in the above post, says that relative to other European languages English is very simple because we leave a lot of "stuff" out that other languages have (like, i guess, masculine and feminine words) that means it's harder for us to learn these "extra" language rules that other languages have, many of these rules which are completely alien to us.