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TheDirt
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04/21/2004 7:51 am
Just wondering who speaks what around here... I personally speak English, German, and French, in that order of proficiency. I would consider myself completely fluent in English (my mother tongue), rather fluent in German, and I can hold my own in French. I'm also taking Japanese next semester in college...
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Leedogg
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04/21/2004 7:54 am
Besides English, I'm pretty good at Italian, and not too bad at spanish.
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Death55
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04/21/2004 8:42 am
English is my first language and i can speak some spanish. I havnt done any spanish since i left school though and have forgotten a lot of words.
At the moment i have a villa in spain that is almost built now so i really need to learn some more spanish for when i go over to spain :rolleyes:
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eltocaor
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04/21/2004 12:29 pm
I speak french, a little English and Spanish...
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iamthe_eggman
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04/21/2004 2:40 pm
Don't speak a word of Korean, but I am fluent in English. I used to be completely fluent in French, but 7 years of not speaking it isn't really the way to keep it up. I am planning on a trip to France in the near future, though. I want to tour around the countryside, explore a bit, go chateau-hopping and taste all kinds of wine. I don't want to do the clichéd "see 92 European countries in under 8 hours" bus tours.
... and that's all I have to say about that.

[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]

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Petz
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04/21/2004 4:15 pm
i speak german (mother tongue), english and a bit of french. learned english and french at school, but i gave up french last year. well... i'm still learning english :) can't always say what i think, but i think its enough to understand everything you say ;)
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scarecrow
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04/21/2004 7:22 pm
maybe i'm a dumb american, but are there really 92 european countries, if so, cheers to the person who can name them all. if shipping isnt too bad, maybe ill throw in a free set of strings for you.
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04/22/2004 1:02 am
Fluent in Dutch and English, need some practice on my French and German, thinking about taking up either Spanish or Japanese(or both).

Originally Posted by: scarecroware there really 92 european countries


Nope.
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04/22/2004 1:37 am
Can speak English (first language), Pidgin (the main language of over 700 languages used in Papua New Guinea), used to speak Japanese and German. The only thing I can remember of German is ‘Das ist mein Hackfleisch’ which means ‘That is my ground meat’, or ‘That is my hamburger’ :D
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04/22/2004 4:38 am
Originally Posted by: scarecrowmaybe i'm a dumb american, but are there really 92 european countries, if so, cheers to the person who can name them all. if shipping isnt too bad, maybe ill throw in a free set of strings for you.


there are only 44 countries they are (in alphabetical order) :

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (The Former Republic of Yugoslav), Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
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Azrael
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04/22/2004 5:47 am
smart guy - and austria rocks *LOL*

however

my native language is german (no i´m NOT going to give you a laugh this time for using "mothertongue" :D )
other than that i speak english (obviously)
and i had french in school.. which i´ve forgotten again (thank god!)

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kingdavid
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04/22/2004 11:55 am
KIkuyu-Mothertongue_I'm a kenyan native.
Swahili,the national language,spoken all over eastern africa,from zanzibar to the Congo,in various flavours.
English,the official language.
A little german learnt about 8 years ago in high school(god,I'm getting old :eek: ),but most of it forgotten,save for a little explitoratti.
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04/22/2004 3:09 pm
Originally Posted by: kingdavidKIkuyu-Mothertongue_I'm a kenyan native.
Swahili,the national language,spoken all over eastern africa,from zanzibar to the Congo,in various flavours.
English,the official language.
A little german learnt about 8 years ago in high school(god,I'm getting old :eek: ),but most of it forgotten,save for a little explitoratti.


Salama! Habari yako? Shikamoo mzee! Towa kitu kidogo!
... and that's all I have to say about that.

[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]

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04/22/2004 4:09 pm
Originally Posted by: b_hovesthere are only 44 countries they are (in alphabetical order) :

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (The Former Republic of Yugoslav), Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.


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04/23/2004 6:42 am
I can speak English , Hebrew and Russian
I also can understand most of the east european languages such as ukrainian, belorusian , etc
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mc9mm
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04/26/2004 2:48 am
Swedish, english, some german + some bad pick-up lines and how to order
a beer in french.
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kingdavid
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04/27/2004 11:54 am
Originally Posted by: iamthe_eggmanSalama! Habari yako? Shikamoo mzee! Towa kitu kidogo!

:eek:
OK,uko poa!!Na maze kuna vile umenistua.Sikuwa na expect kitu kaa hii place kaa hii.
enyewe vile hao husema,hii dunia ni ndogo.
Where did you learn Swahili,dude?
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04/27/2004 1:28 pm
Originally Posted by: kingdavid:eek:
OK,uko poa!!Na maze kuna vile umenistua.Sikuwa na expect kitu kaa hii place kaa hii.
enyewe vile hao husema,hii dunia ni ndogo.
Where did you learn Swahili,dude?


I learned it in Kenya, where else? But I basically exhausted my vocabulary in my first post. I have no idea what you just said. I think ndogo means brother...

Fiti fiti! Get me some o' dat TKK...
... and that's all I have to say about that.

[U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]

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Jolly McJollyson
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04/27/2004 10:35 pm
Originally Posted by: iamthe_eggmanI learned it in Kenya, where else? But I basically exhausted my vocabulary in my first post. I have no idea what you just said. I think ndogo means brother...

Fiti fiti! Get me some o' dat TKK...


HAHAHAHAHA, swahili? hilarious.
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The Ace
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04/27/2004 11:38 pm
english, spanish....

Oh and Pig Latin..... you gotta love your pig latin.......
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