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Forget learning another language,I HAVE A hard enough time understanding other peoples English sometimes.
Apart from the bricks,I just got a part time gig doing maintenance,plastering,painting,repairs in a HOSTEL on week-ends,and I MET few tourists from WALES and England that I find hard to understand,and the owner of the HOSTEL,a woman originally from AUSTRALIA(lovely lady),,,,,,I really have a hard time understanding her ENGLISH,so I JUST SMILE and nod my head.

She appreciates my work....that's what's important to me,and as long as I GET MY PAYCHECK EVERY WEEK....I'll keep smiling and nodding my head.








I'm outta here.

Yes, I think it's important not only to show the effort but your interest as well. Stimulates the mind!

I consider it the polite thing to do as well.

Yeah. I would, but I love learning language. Although, I don't see anyone moving to Denver just to be my valentine

Hi i think it's a good idea ,not only educational but it may bring you close together stronger bond and a friendship

It also helps you to know what people are saying about you!!

I usually do anyway.
At least to read & write it.

My home language is Afrikaans. It is difficult to learn as the tenses are directly the opposite of English.

I am learning Spanish, but for no specific reason.


Just some useless statistics (as at Jan 2008)


Languages of the world
Five most commonly spoken languages

Chinese Mandarin 1 billion +
English 512 million
Hindu 501 million
Spanish 399 million
Russian 285 million

I am learning German...very badly "Him indoors" keeps setting me up with expressions he is teaching me to use
You should have seen the on the hairdressers face when we were on holidays...the git taught me something that should only be said in another situation and left me with and an entire Salon

Yes

Yes, I would. But then, I have already learned 4 other languages in my life, 3 of them spoken ones. (The other is American Sign Language.)

Bineinteles!

This means “of course” in her language, even though our language together is English. But for the sake of family, friends and cultural understanding (and my own curiosity) I had to learn it.

Hell I can't speak or understand the one I have. So learning a new one is impossible for us southern redneck hicks from the south.

I am impresed and you get extra points (and kudos) for that.

Dennis

learning a new language opens doors to peoples hearts

Definately, i have done it but i am not fluent

Definately if he is my boyfriend, i have done it before but i met the person elsewhere

Yes I would. Given that I will meet with someone who is not native in Swabian (my mother tongue) then I would learn his/her language.
By learning her language I would show an interest in her, her culture and her peoples heritage.
Also she/he would not need to act as an interpreter everytime I visit her region.

What I know for sure is that I am not going to learn SwissGerman.
That dialect is nothing else but awful.

I speak English,French,and ITALIAN.....it's enough for me,so I probably wouldn't be interested in learning another language at the moment...maybe later.

See you in September.....ANGELA!