Poll: If you could learn another language, which would you pick?

[CleverNickname]

Japanese

I actually started a course at uni, but quit after forgetting everything over the kurisumasu break :-/
but I didn't start it because I'm an anime fan or one of those cliché-nerd reasons. It's just fascinating, I still wanna know how the hell kanji works, it can sound pretty cool, I can actually pronounce it (unlike French or Spanish or Arabic) and Düsseldorf has a small Japanese district, so it doesn't even feel all THAT foreign - people and storesigns and whatnot.

In fact, why don't more Americans know Chinese? You have Chinatowns all over! Oh wait, I forgot, you're Americans, you "don't have to learn anything", nevermind

Also, I'm German, so I can't learn that anymore^^

 

[darksuccubus]

Native Russian/Lithuanian speaker here. English was compulsory in school, had to learn it (the 2nd choice was German but I thought English might be more useful). Currently studying Japanese in uni, so I'd go for Italian. Always liked how it sounded.

 

[KiloFox]

i'm kinda torn between German and Japanese.

German would be awesome to learn. it's pretty easy to translate even for someone who only knows a few words. and very easy to pronounce once you know how to. (which i do) i also spent 3 years IN Germany as a child (my mother sheltered me from actually learning the language, damn her)
also, have you ever HEARD an angry German? it sounds badass. i would love to at least learn how to curse someone out in German because it sounds so good.

Japanese would be useful though... i could play games that're released only in Japan and not the US. i could read manga and watch anime before a fansub comes out. hell i could even contribute TO fansubs... it's just all around useful for a guy like me.

 

[Rooster893]

German, becauase I think the language just sounds fun to speak in.

 

[Xariat]

It would either be Japanese or Russian.

Japanese because it would be nice to be able to read/watch work that comes from japan without depending on someone else to translate/upload/seed.

Russian because it sounds fucking awesome.

alternatively Romanian would be a good choice because i got family there, but my mom never taught me the language so when I go visit there once in a blue moon I have no idea what they're talking about.

But as an extra to people whose first language isn't English, did you learn it out of choice and if not, would you have preferred to learn another language?

I didn't learn it by choice because of school, but I would have learned it by myself eventually due to gaming and the internet. so I guess it was both my choice and it was not my choice.
would I have preferred to learn another language? no, I need English and use it pretty much every day.

 

[Overusedname]

I'm going into the the video game and animation industry, so Japanese would be more than a little handy.

 

[Souleks]

Japanese I am a massive weeaboo ****** so I could watch shows as they aired and then help out the subgroups (my subs would be gg quality.)

 

[TallanKhan]

Chinese simply because it would give me a way to communicate with over a billion more potential subject... i mean friends.

 

[Ninjasander]

I'm norwegian, and speak norwegian (duh) and english fluently. In middle school I chose spanish over the other languages we have to pick. I chose spanish out of practicality and thought it was something I would find useful. It started out fine but I lost interest for it in high school. I didn't really care much for the culture or language after a while. And learning it just because it could be useful didn't do it for me.

A couple of months ago I started listening to some japanese music, which escalated quickly, and now I'm learning the language. It's a lot more fun when you take a bit more interest in something that comes from the country whose language you're learning. Y'know, actually knowing what the singers are saying is very nice too! And since the studies I'm currently doing are about marine biotechnology (Japan loves that stuff), I'll probably end up working in relation with some japanese company in some way in the future. I have been an anime fan for a couple of years, but that's not really been that huge of a reason for me to learn japanese.

 

[TheIronRuler]

I already speak passable French, so I went for Arabic. One, I was born in Dubai, so learning the language seems appropriate. And two, it'd really mess with xenophobic Americans.

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Haha! I know some Arabic so from time to time my sis and I would have started chatting about the weather randomly to scare some people away. I know the feeling.

I go for Spanish or a better understanding of Arabic and being able to speak fluidly without an accent.

 

[Seives-Sliver]

Why is Latin not on this list? Is it because it's dead? D:

 

[IamQ]

Depends. If I have a time machine, then latin would be nice. If not... maybe German or chinese?

German because Germans are cool and Chinese, because I for one shall accept our Chinese overlords with open arms.

Russian, or Japanese. As much as I like learning Spanish because of my heritage, I'd like to learn a language that caters to my other interests too. I plan on taking a class once I finish my primary schooling for one or both, depending on how my life is at that point.

Yess, yesss, soon...I can watch anime & hentai without dubs!

Is the language really that important when watching hentai? Or maybe I just watch hentai for the wrong reasons?

 

[TWEWYFan]

Definitely Japanese. I'm a pretty big fan of Anime and JRPG's so it'd be nice to be able to read/ understand the original Japanese if I really wanted to or couldn't get it any other way.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Japanese. I don't think my claiming to speak it in but just replacing all the l's with r's is now more racist than anything else now...

 

[Quinadin]

I've been wanting to learn Japanese for quite some time now. Took Spanish in high school and didn't do well after the first year. Now that I'm in college, I'm in the middle of learning ASL. It's coming pretty easy to me, though I have a bad habit of signing exact English instead of true ASL. I'll save Japanese for the summer, along with playing the Piano and buying a new, amazing computer.

 

[Lynx]

Total language geek here. I wanna learn absolutely everything.
Japanese and French I've already studied, but I shall certainly brush up on them when I have the motivation. If I had to pick a new one I'd say Arabic or Persian. I'd absolutely love to speak Korean. Mandarin seems very useful. Always wanted to learn Hindi and German too.
Can't really pick just one, and I don't want to either. If you want to learn a new language, then just do it. It's not as hard as everyone puts it up to be.

 

[Athol]

Voted for Spanish (Mexican), as half my family vacations there so I'd have use for it. If I could I'd also go for German/Russian mostly because they sound badass, and Farsi, because why the hell not.

 

[Lionsfan]

Hey I remember this thread!

In fact, here's my post:

I'm learning French this year, but I would say I would want to learn Russian. With English, French, and Russian I could conceivably navigate around more of the Eastern Hemisphere without any difficulties