Languages (28)
gangel: Do you think there is no need to speak more than one language, your own?? I for one like to learn languages.By learning a different,unknown language,you discover and explore the nation, the richness, the uniqueness of its whole culture with its peculiarities.
i will speak 17 languages......
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gangel: Do you think there is no need to speak more than one language, your own?? I for one like to learn languages.By learning a different,unknown language,you discover and explore the nation, the richness, the uniqueness of its whole culture with its peculiarities.
I absolutely agree with you!!
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gangel: Do you think there is no need to speak more than one language, your own?? I for one like to learn languages.By learning a different,unknown language,you discover and explore the nation, the richness, the uniqueness of its whole culture with its peculiarities.
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I can barely speak and write english but Im fine with that. If I were a world traveler Id want to know more languages.
I can undestand how learning another language could be percieved as learning about another culture but Id rather learn about culteres a differant way then learning the language. thats just me.
I can undestand how learning another language could be percieved as learning about another culture but Id rather learn about culteres a differant way then learning the language. thats just me.
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oslojente: I absolutely agree with you!!
I NEVER
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Being an English-speaker, I (of course!!) am too lazy to learn to speak anyone else's language. It is a sad fact that English-speakers expect the rest of the world to learn English.
Personally I always try to learn some really basic words and phrases to get me by abroad. My French is Ok and my German can allow me to buy up to 7 beers! Plus, provided I haven't had too much to drink, I can get MOST native English-speakers to understand my Scottish accent. Our accent is a WHOLE new language.
If in doubt, point!
Personally I always try to learn some really basic words and phrases to get me by abroad. My French is Ok and my German can allow me to buy up to 7 beers! Plus, provided I haven't had too much to drink, I can get MOST native English-speakers to understand my Scottish accent. Our accent is a WHOLE new language.
If in doubt, point!
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beattheman: i will speak 17 languages......
WOW, I speak only 5...
Can you tell me what languages they are?
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When I go back to college, I will learn Spanish, I would also like to learn Polish
I already know the Polish culture, but recent events made me interested in the Spanish one as well...........
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TartanK: Being an English-speaker, I (of course!!) am too lazy to learn to speak anyone else's language. It is a sad fact that English-speakers expect the rest of the world to learn English.
Personally I always try to learn some really basic words and phrases to get me by abroad. My French is Ok and my German can allow me to buy up to 7 beers! Plus, provided I haven't had too much to drink, I can get MOST native English-speakers to understand my Scottish accent. Our accent is a WHOLE new language.
Personally I always try to learn some really basic words and phrases to get me by abroad. My French is Ok and my German can allow me to buy up to 7 beers! Plus, provided I haven't had too much to drink, I can get MOST native English-speakers to understand my Scottish accent. Our accent is a WHOLE new language.
I don't have a good ear for foreign languages, have to learn it all by sight. My first time in Scotland I was in Glasgow for a couple of months--I was only 21, and it was my first foreign country: it was two weeks before I could understand what people were saying!! And English is my native language! Once you get it though, its a great accent.
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gangel: Do you think there is no need to speak more than one language, your own?? I for one like to learn languages.By learning a different,unknown language,you discover and explore the nation, the richness, the uniqueness of its whole culture with its peculiarities.
me too
I love it funny thing is I sucked at languages at school
now speak English,Spanish,Catalan, Basic French,Italian a little Polish even a little chinese
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Portiea: I don't have a good ear for foreign languages, have to learn it all by sight. My first time in Scotland I was in Glasgow for a couple of months--I was only 21, and it was my first foreign country: it was two weeks before I could understand what people were saying!! And English is my native language! Once you get it though, its a great accent.
Robin Williams does a great sketch on going to Scotland and not knowing what we are saying. It's on youtube - hilarious!
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TartanK: Robin Williams does a great sketch on going to Scotland and not knowing what we are saying. It's on youtube - hilarious!
lol....once when I was in Spain for a little visit, I thought some dude was speaking some odd language to my friend. I asked my friend what language the dude was speaking....he said English....the dude was from Scotland.....
Other than English, I can speak Swedish and a bit of Spanish. I have no urge to learn any other languages after trying to get down my Swedish in the flowing fluent....
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Obviously being born here I grew up speaking Maltes, which a lot of people seem to think some form of Arabic, which it's not...
just sounds like it is.....
anyway, obviously one has to learn english to be able to get along with studies, particulalry scinece subjects.....no books or equivalent in maltese there....
also....being so close to the Italian mainland, we get Italian terrestial TV stations here, so we grow up with Italian too.
So basically, tri lingual, Maltese, English and Italian.
Not really interested to study any more of them....
just sounds like it is.....
anyway, obviously one has to learn english to be able to get along with studies, particulalry scinece subjects.....no books or equivalent in maltese there....
also....being so close to the Italian mainland, we get Italian terrestial TV stations here, so we grow up with Italian too.
So basically, tri lingual, Maltese, English and Italian.
Not really interested to study any more of them....
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gangel: Do you think there is no need to speak more than one language, your own?? I for one like to learn languages.By learning a different,unknown language,you discover and explore the nation, the richness, the uniqueness of its whole culture with its peculiarities.
I think communication is key to any mutual understanding and is necessary for any union.
But no, I do not speak Bulgarian, although I wish I could.
I speak French fluently and can get by in German. I know a few phrases of Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian and Spanish.
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DadofDucks: I can barely speak and write english but Im fine with that. If I were a world traveler Id want to know more languages.
I can undestand how learning another language could be percieved as learning about another culture but Id rather learn about culteres a differant way then learning the language. thats just me.
I can undestand how learning another language could be percieved as learning about another culture but Id rather learn about culteres a differant way then learning the language. thats just me.
Yup, if you're learning about 'different cultures' by means of National Geographic, then of course you don't need their language...
Living in a tiny country like my own (about 1/3 the size of Missouri), I had BETTER learn some other languages than my own which is spoken by 2.5 million in the world, if that many.
I guess I will never understand how native English speakers feel about it all (no "need/desire/interest" to learn another language??), cos I'm not one. But, thinking about it, I suppose I'd feel a little alarmed if EVERYONE and their brother could speak MY language, and I didn't know any of theirs.
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AudrysSis: Yup, if you're learning about 'different cultures' by means of National Geographic, then of course you don't need their language...
Living in a tiny country like my own (about 1/3 the size of Missouri), I had BETTER learn some other languages than my own which is spoken by 2.5 million in the world, if that many.
I guess I will never understand how native English speakers feel about it all (no "need/desire/interest" to learn another language??), cos I'm not one. But, thinking about it, I suppose I'd feel a little alarmed if EVERYONE and their brother could speak MY language, and I didn't know any of theirs.
Living in a tiny country like my own (about 1/3 the size of Missouri), I had BETTER learn some other languages than my own which is spoken by 2.5 million in the world, if that many.
I guess I will never understand how native English speakers feel about it all (no "need/desire/interest" to learn another language??), cos I'm not one. But, thinking about it, I suppose I'd feel a little alarmed if EVERYONE and their brother could speak MY language, and I didn't know any of theirs.
My philosophy is this.......you'll never know until you go.
If I was to find myself in another country and culture, I truly wished to be immersed.
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Tumpa: My philosophy is this.......you'll never know until you go.
If I was to find myself in another country and culture, I truly wished to be immersed.
If I was to find myself in another country and culture, I truly wished to be immersed.
So wise James, and true integration means learning the language, and adapting to the culture.
This is why I chose a part of Spain to live where the only expats I meet are teachers like me, or people who live on the coast in their 'Little Britain' communities and come to visit for the day.
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Jan1305: So wise James, and true integration means learning the language, and adapting to the culture.
This is why I chose a part of Spain to live where the only expats I meet are teachers like me, or people who live on the coast in their 'Little Britain' communities and come to visit for the day.
This is why I chose a part of Spain to live where the only expats I meet are teachers like me, or people who live on the coast in their 'Little Britain' communities and come to visit for the day.
Where teachers are students as well....
You too, are a wise woman...
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gangel: Do you think there is no need to speak more than one language, your own?? I for one like to learn languages.By learning a different,unknown language,you discover and explore the nation, the richness, the uniqueness of its whole culture with its peculiarities.
you learn the language or you point to whatever you want to read
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I for one like to learn languages.By learning a different,unknown language,you discover and explore the nation, the richness, the uniqueness of its whole culture with its peculiarities.