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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:00:38 PM EDT
[#1]
Yes
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:01:48 PM EDT
[#2]
I speak American
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:03:29 PM EDT
[#3]
Just learn the cuss words.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:04:06 PM EDT
[#4]
I've been known to speak Idiot, Drunk and Pimp depending on location.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:05:19 PM EDT
[#5]
Yes, but if you could only speak one language, English would be the top choice. It’s an international standard, and is probably the most common second language all over the world.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:05:53 PM EDT
[#6]
Excuse me, stewardess, I speak jive.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:06:56 PM EDT
[#7]
Chango tu madre.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:07:02 PM EDT
[#8]
I'm fluent in three languages, English, sarcasm, and profanity.
Every now and then you might hear all fucking three at once. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:08:07 PM EDT
[#9]
toH, pagh vItlhob.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:09:39 PM EDT
[#10]
Quoted: According to the interwebs, there are more bilingual people in the world than monolingual. Should America consider being able to speak only one language as a detriment rather than the norm? Don't care. Very few places I've been to who don't speak English. I guess if I was born anywhere else, I would learn English too. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:10:48 PM EDT
[#11]
No need = they are all learning English so they can move here.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:12:13 PM EDT
[#12]
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:13:15 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No need = they are all learning English so they can Fixed it for you.  That said, I think k foreign languages are interesting and fun. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:14:46 PM EDT
[#14]
Are people who can’t speak English of any consequence?
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:14:51 PM EDT
[#15]
I work with more puerto ricans than whites, half of which hardly speak english, but I have picked up almost nothing in three years. I am not motivated.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:16:26 PM EDT
[#16]
My mom grew up in Sicily, left when she was 15 and moved to Venezuela and then to the US.
I grew up speaking only English but when I got in trouble i was yelled at in italianspanishenglish So I know curse words in Italian and Spanish, so I got that going for me. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:16:41 PM EDT
[#17]
Quoted: According to the interwebs, there are more bilingual people in the world than monolingual. Should America consider being able to speak only one language as a detriment rather than the norm? Define bilingual. A few known words or phrases or conversational? If you are claiming 50% are conversational I call BS. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:16:44 PM EDT
[#18]
You're lucky I can do English.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:17:16 PM EDT
[#19]
Don't habla
Won't habla Ain't gonna habla. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:17:19 PM EDT
[#20]
No habla jibber jabber.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:17:23 PM EDT
[#21]
 "Don't say Si, say Oui" - Best "Si" lines from Sgt. Deux Deux |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:18:17 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Define bilingual. A few known words or phrases or conversational? It's a spectrum of ability so not a fair question but I'd say at least being able to make yourself understood in another language without immediate electronic aids. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:18:44 PM EDT
[#23]
Who put a man on the moon first ?
English. Imperial system of measurement. Everybody else is a commie and can piss off.  |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:19:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:20:49 PM EDT
[#25]
I can speak New York, Boston, and Redneckese.
I understand what Californians are saying, but I’m not fluent enough to talk back. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:21:03 PM EDT
[#26]
If I had to learn another language, it would probably be German.
Likely not useful for much, except yelling at people with maximum impact.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:21:07 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just learn the cuss words. This. Wouldn't hurt to be able to order a beer and ask were the head is at. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:21:57 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's a spectrum of ability so not a fair question but I'd say at least being able to make yourself understood in another language without immediate electronic aids. By that metric I would guess it is higher than that as most communication is non-verbal and is done by expression. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:22:32 PM EDT
[#29]
If your primary language is not English, yes it is important to know another language. That language should be Chinese or Spanish depending on where you are in the world.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:23:09 PM EDT
[#30]
I'm cunnilingual
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:23:46 PM EDT
[#31]
Few people are balanced bilinguals meaning they are native speakers of two languages. Most are less fluent in their second language. The levels are Survival, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior, and Native speaker.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:23:54 PM EDT
[#32]
I speak American and fingerspell in ASL.
I don't give a shit about any other language. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:23:58 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm cunnilingual Came here to post this |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:25:15 PM EDT
[#34]
My mother can speak 5 languages. She taught us only English. I wish she would have taught us something else
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:25:19 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Are people who can’t speak English of any consequence? This. I don’t speak pidgin gibberish. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:29:39 PM EDT
[#36]
Quoted: According to the interwebs, there are more bilingual people in the world than monolingual. Should America consider being able to speak only one language as a detriment rather than the norm? I know like 10 languages with some basic proficiency. All are relevant. Only one is spoken. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:29:39 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Define bilingual. A few known words or phrases or conversational? If you are claiming 50% are conversational I call BS. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: According to the interwebs, there are more bilingual people in the world than monolingual. Should America consider being able to speak only one language as a detriment rather than the norm? Define bilingual. A few known words or phrases or conversational? If you are claiming 50% are conversational I call BS. Usefulness of the languages would be a better metric. Let’s say you’re a Romanian, who also speaks Ukrainian and Belorussian, all fluently. Technically, you’re multilingual, but nobody would give a shit, because none of those languages have been exported anywhere. They’re only useful in those specific countries. Members of the diaspora elsewhere all speak their new country languages. If you speak English, you’re already able to communicate with more of the world than this multilingual example. In America, if you speak Spanish, in addition to American English, you’ve got most of the Western Hemisphere covered, and decent chunks of the rest of the world. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:30:51 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Chango tu madre. Monkey your mom? What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?: Tri-lingual What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?: Bi-lingual What do you call someone who speaks 1 language?: American |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:32:17 PM EDT
[#39]
If you don’t like English go back to your own country.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:33:51 PM EDT
[#40]
The thread title is incorrect.
Being monolingual is something to be proud of, when the second language that all the other people around the world learn is your language. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:34:02 PM EDT
[#41]
Fuck assimilation
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:34:28 PM EDT
[#42]
So you are saying that you don't speak Botchi, the language of load lifters?
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:35:15 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm cunnilingual I too am a cunning linguist. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:35:46 PM EDT
[#44]
As an American stationed overseas I discovered that most people who wanted my money would speak better English than me.
Thus never really needed to learn. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:36:16 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Who put a man on the moon first ? English. Imperial system of measurement. Everybody else is a commie and can piss off. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/79948/sam-1943766.jpg ACTUALLY, it was nazis speaking German and using the metric system, but let’s not stop at details 
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:36:39 PM EDT
[#46]
No, we should be pragmatic about it. There are limited benefits to learning a second language when you already speak the lingua franca.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:36:53 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The thread title is incorrect. Being monolingual is something to be proud of, when the second language that all the other people around the world learn is your language. Then learn Latin or Greek. Do something to not be a sub-literate. It will make your understanding of English much deeper. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:36:53 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Few people are balanced bilinguals meaning they are native speakers of two languages. Most are less fluent in their second language. The levels are Survival, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior, and Native speaker. There are a Lot of people around here that aren't even Intermediate English speakers. 
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:37:01 PM EDT
[#49]
 Completing DuoLingo French or Spanish up to checkpoint 5 is supposed to bring you to level A2. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 8:37:14 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Few people are balanced bilinguals meaning they are native speakers of two languages. Most are less fluent in their second language. The levels are Survival, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior, and Native speaker. These classifications make sense. I am guessing most bilingual are either survival or intermediate at best. |
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