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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 02:11 PM
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Just curious who all speaks a language besides English or is learning to. I know there are a few of you..

I'm learning Arabic, just starting to get the hang of it (it makes my head hurt most days) but I'm at about a 1 level so far.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 02:28 PM
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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I can speak and understand enough german to get around. I also have dual-citizenship.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 02:52 PM
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I spent 3 years installing alarms and stereos in eastern new orleans, so I speak fluent ghetto, cajun, and hillbilly
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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I'm can speak enough Spanish to get around, want to finish learning German, but I'm in the process of learning Japanese.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 03:24 PM
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I can speak Russian Romanian English France
I am not an American
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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I speak Polish fluently.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 03:35 PM
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I speak spanish pretty fluently. Lived in Argentina for a while.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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Speak enough Mandarin to get around. Probably around 2nd grade level.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 08:00 PM
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I speak English and Japanese. Ive been learning Japanese for some time, somewhat advanced, but i speak better than i can read and write. Typing is a different story.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by johndoe
I can speak and understand enough german to get around. I also have dual-citizenship.
I can understand most thinks spoken to me in German, I just don't have the cognitive capacity anymore to put it down in words myself. I'm ace at Latin though
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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That's actually more the case with me as well. I understand much more than I can speak.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by johndoe
That's actually more the case with me as well. I understand much more than I can speak.
Yep! I understand... as long as it's written on a forum! Wish I could speak english better
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 09:33 PM
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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I grew up speaking 3 languages, but English is my first language.
I used to also speak Japanese as I'd worked in Japan for a year. Funny how when you learn a language when you're an adult, you lose it if you don't use it. However, languages you were only exposed to until you were 10, you never forget...
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 09:49 PM
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my level of kicking *** is known in every language.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 10:31 PM
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I spent 4 years of highschool learning Italian and then a study abroad in Italian Switzerland and I can barely ask where the bathroom is. It's not that I never tried, but language and I just don't get along.

Must have put all my eggs in the English basket.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 11:18 PM
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i know a bit of Spanish.
Old Dec 14, 2008 | 01:06 AM
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fluent russian, ukrainian, some german, and engrish
Old Dec 14, 2008 | 01:11 AM
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Sign language (ASL, and slang)



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