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Posted: 2/23/2010 7:15:14 PM EDT

[#1]

Interesting poll results. I'm working on my spanish.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:16:06 PM EDT

[#2]

I speak read and write Japanese. I would like to learn Arabic.

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Posted: 2/23/2010 7:16:27 PM EDT

[#3]

Latin, French and Spanish.

Took Latin in HS a million years ago for three years. Forgot EVERYTHING. Living where I do my Spanish is, well, bad if any.

Foreign languages never came easy for me. Just not wired for it I guess. Have considered getting Rosetta Stone (Spanish and French) but have read too many bad reviews of it.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:20:03 PM EDT

[#4]

German and Spanish.
I would fucking love to see the look on some of these Mexican's faces when I hablad some espanol on their asses.

: Could you move your car?

: K

:Your car I need you to move it so I can back out

: K

: Your...Car...you...need...to..move...it

:k

: Damn it....Move your car!!

:k

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:21:12 PM EDT

[#5]

Icelandic. Absolutely useless in the real world, but it sounds like elvish.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:21:38 PM EDT

[#6]

Liberal. Cause I just cannot understand them.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:22:15 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Icelandic. Absolutely useless in the real world, but it sounds like elvish.

Not if you like REALLY Old Norse Sagas.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:22:36 PM EDT

[#8]

German

Learn German in Germany

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:25:27 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Mandarin

and Spanish

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:26:20 PM EDT

[#10]

Arabic

Can get a damn good job right now with that

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:26:23 PM EDT

[#11]

Hangul, Nihonjin and Putonghua.

I'm going to put the squeeze on some of the many asians here to give me some personalized instruction. I might just start a language club. Thar be lots of languages spoken where i work. i need to take advantage.

edit:
I speak german (lived there for 4 years), my GF speaks polish and spanish.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:28:25 PM EDT

[#12]

I'd like to begin learning German.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:29:31 PM EDT

[#13]

I would like to learn Vietnamese. I used to speak a little bit of it when I was little, but I forgot it.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:31:26 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
German and Spanish.

I would fucking love to see the look on some of these Mexican's faces when I hablad some espanol on their asses.

: Could you move your car?

: K

:Your car I need you to move it so I can back out

: K

: Your...Car...you...need...to..move...it

:k

: Damn it....Move your car!!

:k

selga de carro

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:43:15 PM EDT

[#15]

English is all I need, no need for any others for me.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:48:08 PM EDT

[#16]

English. It is slowly fading in the US.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:49:38 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Irish gaelic and/or Galego would be the top two on my list to learn.

I already speak/read/write russian courtesy of your tax dollars (circa 1986). I'd like to brush up on it a bit better though.

I'd like to speak modern Irish Gaelic and read the old language - the ancient existing texts of the Táin Bó Cúailnge, Book of the Dun Cow, The Battle(s) of Moytura, etc. without wading through cumbersome multiply translated versions...

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:49:53 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
This is going to sound stupid, but all of them.

not stupid at all. I would like the same and be able to read/write it as well.

Posted: 2/23/2010 7:50:11 PM EDT

[#19]

I would like to learn Afrikaans.

I wouldn't mind improving my German either.

Posted: 2/28/2010 6:40:04 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Irish gaelic and/or Galego would be the top two on my list to learn.

I already speak/read/write russian courtesy of your tax dollars (circa 1986). I'd like to brush up on it a bit better though.

I'd like to speak modern Irish Gaelic and read the old language - the ancient existing texts of the Táin Bó Cúailnge, Book of the Dun Cow, The Battle(s) of Moytura, etc. without wading through cumbersome multiply translated versions...

I think it's required if you work in government in Ireland.

Didn't the last Manx speaker die recently? Alot of languages are dying out according to a UN study I read a few years ago.

Posted: 2/28/2010 6:41:53 PM EDT

[#21]

Urdu

Farsi

Dari

Arabic

In that order. THEN I would have a job for life.

ETA: Well, as long as Oil is good to go, and we're still fightin' Terror.

Posted: 2/28/2010 6:44:04 PM EDT

[#22]

I already know some German, and am pretty good at reading, but I'd like to be fluent.

Spanish would be the next one I'd like to know.

Posted: 2/28/2010 6:48:02 PM EDT

[#23]

Spanish, Chinese, then french

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Posted: 2/28/2010 6:53:03 PM EDT

[#24]

Had a year of German in undergrad, then two years of Spanish.
Dabbled in Russian and Farsi for a bit.
Can read a little French, forget hearing or speaking it though.
Learning Cebuano and Tagalog now.

Posted: 2/28/2010 6:56:03 PM EDT

[#25]

Spanish, English, a little Italian

And now Mandarin

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1003640

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:02:00 PM EDT

[#26]

Jap.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:09:17 PM EDT

[#27]

Estonian, most of my family is from Estonia.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:09:23 PM EDT

[#28]

LATIN

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:11:21 PM EDT

[#29]

Most of my knowledge of French has faded. I am fairly proficient in German (I definitely wouldn't say fluent - especially as my skills at reading and writing far surpass my capability for spoken German).

Would like to know Japanese, but haven't enough desire to actually spend the time (and money) required to learn it at this juncture.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:12:38 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Around here, Spanish would be the most useful.

Here too, unfortunately. I just wouldn't want anyone to know that I learned it.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:13:18 PM EDT

[#31]

Already speak spanish, now I would like to learn Brazilian Portugese.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:15:12 PM EDT

[#32]

French, an old promise that NEEDS to me kept.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:25:52 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

In most U.S. high schools the choices are French, Spanish, Latin and German right?

Mine only had Spanish, but they sent around a survey my junior year asking this same question. I think they had Chinese, French, German, Italian and Japanese on the table, can't remember.

As of my senior year (last year), Spanish is still the only option there.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:32:40 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:

I think it's required if you work in government in Ireland.

Didn't the last Manx speaker die recently? Alot of languages are dying out according to a UN study I read a few years ago.

I believe that's true. It's apparently also recommended if you work in Irish convenience stores. That way, when a Yank walks in, you can immediately switch to Gaelic and confuse them even more.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:40:27 PM EDT

[#35]

In my third year of French, so... German and Russian.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:42:28 PM EDT

[#36]

Russian .... because I might have to move somewhere with more personal freedoms soon .

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:46:35 PM EDT

[#37]

I already speak Russian and Spanish both fluently. I have always had some desire in learning Japanese just because it sounds interesting to me when I overhear it. Doubt I will though since I already get tripped up and mix languages speaking at times and adding a fourth to the mix would only make things worse.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:48:03 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
Better French.

Took it in High School. A foreign language was required and Spanish and German were sausage fests. French had all the girls.

I barely recall any of it now.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:49:24 PM EDT

[#39]

All of them. I don’t think there’s a language on the planet I wouldn’t want to speak.

Unfortunately, I’ve tried and found that I don’t learn languages all that well. So, all I speak is English and I don’t speak that very well... (note my location)

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:50:57 PM EDT

[#40]

Mandarin Chinese. I started to learn, but the family teaching me moved away. I'd like to continue. I already speak English, Spanish (Mexican), and Italian.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:52:11 PM EDT

[#41]

French and Russian already, but I'd like Hindi or Cantonese for business and Japanese or biblical Greek for personal interest.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:53:26 PM EDT

[#42]

I'm constantly trying to improve my Spanish. I don't like to speak it here in the US unless it's absolutely necessary though.

French I could take or leave. I can already get by with basic stuff, reading, etc. and I see no need to further invest time in it.

I know the basics of Afrikaans and am fairly sure that if I were to move to South Africa/Namibia I could pick it up fairly quickly.

German would be good to know for travel in Central Europe.

I'd love to learn Hebrew. Basque as well, if only to surprise friends. Knowing a click language would be cool too.

ETA: As this is an Arfcom language thread, shouldn't we have begun the "pure" Castillian leghumping already?

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:54:01 PM EDT

[#43]

No Italian, what the fuck?

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:56:41 PM EDT

[#44]

spanish, arabic, mandarin and korean. korean so i can visit my mom's brother in korea for max fun. others so i can travel various places.

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:56:47 PM EDT

[#45]

German?

I like the language and people, but why do you want to learn it?

Posted: 2/28/2010 7:59:23 PM EDT

[#46]

All of the above. Two years of ancient Hebrew and one year of Greek already. In the middle of German and I need to learn French for my degree on top of the other three. Want to learn Cantonese for business reasons, Russian for fun, Spanish for practicality, and Akkadian and Arabic for further studies.

Hate studying languages, but love learning them

Posted: 2/28/2010 8:00:04 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:

German?

I like the language and people, but why do you want to learn it?

Well, I could learn Dutch, Danish, Slovenian, Swedish, Polish, Serbo-Croatian and Czech.

Or I could learn German and have a fairly good chance of muddling through a conversation with people in those countries.

Posted: 2/28/2010 8:01:29 PM EDT

[#48]

I'm competent in spanish, would like to be fluent. If I could pick up a third language, it would be mandarin.

Posted: 2/28/2010 8:02:28 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:

In most U.S. high schools the choices are French, Spanish, Latin and German right?

Oui, Si, Ita Non, Ja.

Posted: 2/28/2010 8:10:11 PM EDT

[#50]

Australian.

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