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POLL: How many languages do you speak?

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Dice, Oct 28, 2003.

  1. Dice

    Dice ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    Just curious about how many of us speak more than one language (I'd include sign language as long as you can be understood by a deaf person)

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    Poll Results: How many languages do you speak? (56 votes.)

    How many languages do you speak? (Choose 1)
    * One language - 14% (8)
    * Two Languages - 29% (16)
    * Three Languages - 29% (16)
    * Four or more languages - 29% (16)
     
  2. Rotku

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    Fluently? One
    Not so Fluently and in some cases just a some common phrases about 6.
    And I would love to vote but my computer doesn't like the polls here and has a tendency to stuff up.
     
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    Well, I speak English, et je parle Francais un petit peut.
     
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    Fluently - 1, English.
    I can speak some German, as well as a bit of Quenya. I know some random phrases in some other languages, but that's about it.
     
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    I voted three even if two and a half is more correct. I speak English and Swedish fluently and I can make myself understood in German if everyone takes gives me some time and take it slowly.
     
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    I voted four or more, but it's three languages fluently and then some others more understanding it than speaking it...
    Fluent: Dutch, English, German
    Understanding: French, Frysian
     
  7. Arabwel

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    For me? Two. Finnish and English. I DO know a little bit of Swedish, but not enough to be considered fluent.

    Of course, ny life's goal is to be as fluent as my father. He speaks eight languages :/

    I wonder, if I learn Elvish does that count? :p
     
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    four or more

    fluent: Dutch, English and French

    less fluent: German

    Can make myself understood in: Spanish

    Hooray for the Belgian school system! ;)

    [edit]and I can read latin too :D [/edit]

    [ October 29, 2003, 13:27: Message edited by: Uytuun ]
     
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    Fluent English comes from using it daily in work, and having it as a hobby in various forms. I'm not perfect, but I'm better than most of the good non-native English speakers I know of.

    My father's mothertongue is Swedish, and I've lived in a Swedish speaking town for well over 10 years. Which means that although I forget words and don't have full skill with written grammar, few can notice that Swedish isn't my mothertongue in a casual brief conversation.

    And then there's Finnish, my actual mothertongue.

    Other than these three, I've fiddled with German and Japanese, but fiddling is what you might call an overstatement. I recognize some words here and there, but that's it.
     
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    Voted four:

    two fluently: Dutch and English

    two less fluently: French and Spanish
     
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    [​IMG] Inspired by Arabwels reference to learning Elvish (and I suppose that Quenya is more popular to Sindarin), is anyone here aware of the situation in the US where it was proposed to drop Tolkien Elvish as a studied language in favour of Klingon?

    I would be interested to hear which one won out.
    So torn- but my favour definately lies with the elves.

    Edit: HA! sorry, this is soooo :yot:

    [I just changed the word Eldarin to Sindarin, my mistake ;) ]

    (In reply Arabwel's post below; Agreed! :D )

    [ October 28, 2003, 11:09: Message edited by: Manus ]
     
  12. Arabwel

    Arabwel Screaming towards Apotheosis Veteran

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    Actually, I'd like to learn Sindarin rathe than Quenya, but either one would be cool :D

    Elvish-speaking geeks are higher in the food chain than Klingon-speaking :p
     
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    Lemme see: Danish is my native, I speak english fluidly, although I have some accent and I just might manage to make myself understood in German. Beside that, living in Scandinavia gives me some understanding of Swedish and Norwegian. This might be against what I've stated in another topic and truth be told, it takes a lot of concentration to have a conversation with some my northern neighbours.
     
  14. Sir Belisarius

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    [​IMG] English is primary, but I can read/speak/write in French and Russian - but Russian is by far my better second language. I also know enough Italian and Spanish to find my way and get a few slaps! ;)
     
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    Estonian, English, Finnish, French and little of Russian. Also know few words in German.

    So make it five.
     
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    Hell, Bel you don't need any grasp of the language to get a few slaps! Thats one thing I know how to get without speaking! :D
     
  17. Sir Belisarius

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    [​IMG] In that case...I know "many" languages!!! ;) :grin: :spin: :roll:

    I have to say though...I'm always impressed at how multilinguistic the folks here at SP are. Most Americans can barely speak english, let alone grasp another language.
     
  18. Morgoth

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    Fluent, just Dutch
    A bit, English and German

    With my hands. PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, XML, DTD, XSL, Java, SQL :roll:
     
  19. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    Ahh... I feel dumb I only know two...


    I speak verey fluently french as it is my mothertongue, however everybody that's know me (a lot) often said,¨You have a lot of vocabulary but you ain't using it fool!¨

    My second, well english but I rather say I'm 85% fluent...

    OH I know few word in...tolkien dwarf!

    But I want to learn German and Spanish at University some day.

    I never though so many people here at Sp speak french!

    Longue vie au mainte personne qui parle Français!

    I can speak French Ain't I the best? :lol:
     
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    This may be slightly off topic; Where do you go to actually study Klingon? And what do you do with the knowledge when you're done?

    I speak Norwegian, English, and German, though my German is a bit rusty. I also had to force myself to learn how to read Hiragana some time ago.
     
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