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dolcevita
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:24 pm
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Location: The Damage Control Table
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neostorm wrote: Stronzo, Stregannicha, fungulo! thats the extent of my Italian.  fungulo is wrong...but I know what you meant to say...and you forgot the "va" since its actually a self-reflexive verb when you're telling it to someone.
Thats some great Italian skills there. 
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Neostorm
All Star Poster
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:48 pm
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Location: Toronto
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va fa napoli? 
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm
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Location: Bonn, Germany
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torrino wrote: Fluent in English and Spanish. I'm in my first year of French, lol. You'll regret it...
soon _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Amer
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:35 pm
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Location: Texas
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Next year I will take French, Latin, or German. Any suggestions?
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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Amer wrote: Next year I will take French, Latin, or German. Any suggestions? NOT French. No, just no. If I could change anything during my whole time in school then that'd be the decision to pick French over Latin over 6 years ago.
As for the others...
it depends on what you are going for, later in your life. German will most likely be easier to learn. Latin is a language that you will NEVER really learn to speak. You will read texts and you will translate them. You will rarely ever translate from English into Latin, but always from Latin into English. Of course it is prestigious to know a language like Latin, but it really depends on what you want. German is of course a more "worldly" language that you will use on many occasions in your life whereas Latin is rather limited in that perspective.
Once again, NO FRENCH. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Maximus
Hot Fuss
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Location: floridaaa
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I agree with Dr. L pretty much. French is yucky. Latin really is a dead language. They don't say that for fun  Unless you plan on getting into medicine, it really is useless. It's fun, but if you want to be practical and learn and language that might help you, learn German.
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lovemerox
Forum General
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:16 pm
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Location: Down along the dixie line
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English and a little bit of french and spanish
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Tyler
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Here are some languages I'd like to take up and learn:
Spanish (with the quickly growing Hispanic population in the US)
German
Mandarin Chinese
Russian
Latin
A Scandinavian language
Can you imagine how good Latin and Mandarin Chinese would look on a resume? 
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Dr. Lecter
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Jon Lyrik wrote: Can you imagine how good Latin and Mandarin Chinese would look on a resume? I'd rather go for Japanese. Very repsected, especially in the business world. I am planning on learning Japanese once I get out of school. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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sako
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:07 pm
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I know the basics in Japanese, very interesting language, Hopefully I could master it. I am learning myself so it takes a little longer but I can go on my own pace, which I love.
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Passionate Thug
Top Poster
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:01 am
Posts: 5264
Location: Wakanda
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Spanish and Some Japanese. Does Ebonics count 
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John Doe
The Incredible Hulk
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:44 pm
Posts: 571
Location: NYC
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English, German (getting worse every day, just not enough opportunities to speak...), Slovak (my mother tongue), Czech, Polish and I can still remember decent amount of Russian...
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rusty
rustiphica
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:59 pm
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English and French. I can speak both of them very fluently.
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Terminator1997
George A. Romero
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:30 pm
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Location: Enjoying a cold pint
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rusty wrote: English and French. I can speak both of them very fluently. i don't speak french, but i listen fluently
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rusty
rustiphica
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Terminator1997 wrote: rusty wrote: English and French. I can speak both of them very fluently. i don't speak french, but i listen fluently Tu as une tete de vache.
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Dr. Lecter
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John Doe wrote: English, German (getting worse every day, just not enough opportunities to speak...), Slovak (my mother tongue), Czech, Polish and I can still remember decent amount of Russian... Privet, kak dela? :wink: _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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John Doe
The Incredible Hulk
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Dr. Lecter wrote: John Doe wrote: English, German (getting worse every day, just not enough opportunities to speak...), Slovak (my mother tongue), Czech, Polish and I can still remember decent amount of Russian... Privet, kak dela? :wink: Lecter, you speak Russian too???
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Dr. Lecter
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John Doe wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: John Doe wrote: English, German (getting worse every day, just not enough opportunities to speak...), Slovak (my mother tongue), Czech, Polish and I can still remember decent amount of Russian... Privet, kak dela? :wink: Lecter, you speak Russian too??? As I stated above, I speak it just as fluently as German and English. This is pretty much my native language. Tak chto, da, ya mogu govorit' po russki _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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John Doe
The Incredible Hulk
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Da, da, vsjo putom... Ja ponimaju nemnozko po ruski... (Hope my transcription is understandable... :wink: :wink: :wink: )
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Dr. Lecter
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Da, dovolno ponjatno mne. Russki v principe moi rodnoj jazyk, no ja mo nemecki uze luchshe govoryu, hehe. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Atoddr
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Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:07 am
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Dr. Lecter wrote: Jon Lyrik wrote: Can you imagine how good Latin and Mandarin Chinese would look on a resume? I'd rather go for Japanese. Very repsected, especially in the business world. I am planning on learning Japanese once I get out of school. True, but China is becoming a powerful economic force in the world today. At the rate their economy is growing, we may all need to start learning Mandarin Chinese.
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Dr. Lecter
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Atoddr wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: Jon Lyrik wrote: Can you imagine how good Latin and Mandarin Chinese would look on a resume? I'd rather go for Japanese. Very repsected, especially in the business world. I am planning on learning Japanese once I get out of school. True, but China is becoming a powerful economic force in the world today. At the rate their economy is growing, we may all need to start learning Mandarin Chinese. Gotta agree there. I find Japanese culture more intriguing, though. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Tyler
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Atoddr wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: Jon Lyrik wrote: Can you imagine how good Latin and Mandarin Chinese would look on a resume? I'd rather go for Japanese. Very repsected, especially in the business world. I am planning on learning Japanese once I get out of school. True, but China is becoming a powerful economic force in the world today. At the rate their economy is growing, we may all need to start learning Mandarin Chinese. Right, and probably Catonese too. Japanese would be an good language to learn too.
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WDW04
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english and some german and spanish
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English, some Spanish, and a little hebrew.
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