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    Languages

    Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Gallowglass, May 3, 2009.

    What languages do you speak? Please use this format, or a similar one, when answering:

    Native: Highland Gaelic
    Fluent: Irish Gaelic, Scots, English
    Reasonable: Manx Gaelic, Brezhoneg
    Bad: Welsh, German, French

    Thanks ;)
     
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    We've done this one to bits, but...

    Native: Spanish + English
    Fluent: Spanish, English, Russian
    Reasonable: Polish, Czech, Slovak, French
    Bad: German
     
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    Well...

    Native: Spanish
    Fluent: English
    Reasonable: Ehm...
    Bad: Italian and Portuguese.
     
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    I don't think I've heard anybody say "use this format" in a forum question before.
    Wow. Hijole. Sacre bleu. Ach
     
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    Well, it gets confusing otherwise. I've seen it on a thread about favourite bands on THIS FORUM, though, so I'm not the only one ;)
     
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    Right, here I go.

    Native: English
    Fluent: English
    Reasonable: English
    Bad: English
     
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    Native: English
    Fluent: English
    Bad: Spanish.
     
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    You never cease to make me laugh at my computer and have people stare at me for it. I must look a little crazy. ;)

    My turn!
    Native: English
    Fluent: English, Spanish
    Reasonable: Italian, French, German (I can reasonably understand German, though I'm not much of a speaker; I have a terrible accent)
    Bad: Japanese, Finnish, everything else
     
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    Native: English
    Reasonable: Spanish, Khmer
     
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    Native: English
    Fluent: Turkish
    Reasonable: French
    VERY Bad: Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Maltese
     
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    Native: English
    Failed in high school: French
     
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    Native - English
    Reasonable - French
    Bad - German, Greek, Latin
    Almost non-existant - Italian, Spanish, Hindi, (ha Neha!) and Russian

    Though I'm hoping to become more fluent in French
     
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    Native: Hindi
    Fluent: Hindi(It counts), English
    Reasonable: French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Kumaoni, Punjabi
    Bad: Hindi, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Bengali, Garhwali
     
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    Native: English
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    Reasonable: German, Spanish
    Bad: Khmer
     
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    (let's see if anyone gets that one) ;)
     
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    Wrey...that book David something right?
     
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    You see, Neha. It is fate. We are meant to be together! :D jk

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