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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:31 PM
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Poll question: How many languages do you speak, including English?
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:33 PM
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1. Estonian and English n/t
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:36 PM
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2. English, Thai, Chinese & French n/t
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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:39 PM
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3. One if I don't include pig Latin.
Of course I learned Latin in Catholic school, but only enough so I could contribute to the Mass, which was in Latin at that time.

I heard a 'joke' when I was about 12 years old:

What do you call someone who knows three languages? Tri-lingual

What do you call someone who knows two languages? Bi-lingual

What do you call someone who knows one language? American
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HamdenRice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:39 PM
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4. Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
I say Brazilian Portuguese, because when I have met Portuguese people from Portugal, I can't understand a word they are saying. Then again, when I went to London for a couple a months, I couldn't understand most of what the British were saying.

Used to speak Afrikaans, a little SeTswana, and French, but if you don't use it, you loose it.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:41 PM
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5. Yeah I don't include my high school French anymore. I couldn't even
communicate at all when I was there in the spring. How pathetic.
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