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Though I have been in the Middle East for almost 3 years now, I know the same arabic words I learned before I arrived here thinking people might speak more of Arabic. They are basically 20 words or so, and decreasing by one or two every month. :)
I speak two other languages. Despite all the tips I got on the thread What is a good way to learn a completely new language [webmasterworld.com], from listening to the radio while sleeping to getting a girl friend who speaks the language, I haven't moved a bit yet :)
Have been residing in a non-English land for 4 years now, and not only can I not speak the local language fluently, whenever I try to revert back to English I find I even have problems getting that right.
What comes out tends to be a mish-mash of both languages that even I have problems understanding.
Also some Drow Elf, hickspeak (Norther New Englander dialect), and a little ghettospeak.
I can also ask someone if they're hungry in Vietnamese.
Also tourist French and I can ask for beer and wine in Polish.
php, perl, c, sql etc
Oh, you mean spoken languages? Engrishee am my muther tung- I speeking it very good.
Korean- enough to make myself understood (usually).
A smattering of Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, and French (high school- have forgotten most of it).
And I can get by in Spanish: "Dos cervesas, por favor!" What more do you need? :)
[edited by: LifeinAsia at 4:38 pm (utc) on Nov. 1, 2007]
php, perl, c, sql etc
I doubt you have ever 'spoken' these languages.
When was the last time you said:
my at thingstobuy. Push at thingstobuy bread. Push at thingstobuy milk. Push at thingstobuy cheese.my dollar pen. open list greater than paper or die. print list foreach thingstobuy. close list.
go to door.
die.
:P
my at thingstobuy. Push at thingstobuy bread. Push at thingstobuy milk. Push at thingstobuy cheese.my dollar pen. open list greater than paper or die. print list foreach thingstobuy. close list.
go to door.
die.
You don't spend much time around programmers, do you? I still dream in php; it's been months since I wrote any code. As far as speaking code, that could account for why so many people cannot understand my spoken English. I also speak some of the same French that lawman speaks.
Aber mein Deutsch ist vielleicht doch besser.
Though perhaps my German is better.
Et je peux parler en francais assez bien en plus.
And, further to that, I can also speak French quite well.
Nihongo ga sukoshi dekiru.
I can manage a little Japanese.
Desafortunadamente, mi espanol no esta tan bueno como estaba.
Unfortunately my Spanish isn't as good as it once was.
Ja znaju ukrainsku movu takozh - ale ne hovorju mnoho.
I know Ukrainian too - but I don't speak it much.
Turkce kucuk bilmiyorum.
I understand a little Turkish.
I clearly need to get out more.
[edited by: lawman at 9:04 am (utc) on Nov. 4, 2007]
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I clearly need to get out more.
Or maybe you've been out too much? ;)
:)
Broken English that one so import in understanding people.
the universal tongue! Not every where, but pretty much so!...KF
When we lack the ability to express certain ideas in our common communication, we are all the poorer for it.
I think French is going a bit out of fashion as an international language, rather sadly. Come on Russian! Come on Mandarin!
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Norther New Englander dialect
I would love to hear you saying your car is in a garage in Bar Harbor. :)
I would love to hear you saying your car is in a garage in Bar Harbor. :)
Actually, you should have said:
I would love to heah you saying ya wicked cah is in a wicked gahrage in friggin Bah Habah. :)
Almost forgot to answer the original question... English, French (I listen better than I speak), and New England. ;)
And I can get by in Spanish: "Dos cervesas, por favor!" What more do you need? :)
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I doubt you have ever 'spoken' these languages.
never heard of perl poetry?
check out larry wall's "black perl".
[edited by: lawman at 8:20 am (utc) on Nov. 14, 2007]
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A few phrases of Spanish and a few words of Japanese.
Back during my drinking days I spoke all my second languages much more fluently. ;)
I doubt you have ever 'spoken' these languages.
Perhaps not, but I have dreamed some of them! ;)
In terms of real spoken languages, English is all I know. Took Latin in highschool, don't remember most of it but it's useful for deciphering some English words.
"Dos cervesas, por favor!" What more do you need?
Dos mas, por favor ;)
