Why the fuck would I want to learn Gaelic? |
Used to speak it fluently when I was a kid, now all I can remember is … "Duin an doras!" (Granpa yelling at me to shut the door) and me shouting back… "pogue mahone" (kiss my ass!).  Andy |
| Studied Spanish in high school though I never learned too much. Lived in Europe for two years (6 months in France, the balance in Italy). My Italian was pretty good when I left - it is a easy language to learn - simple pronunciation, sounds like it reads and very consistent grammar. I can speak a little, mostly restaraunt French though my accent/pronunciation is not great. I can fake a little Spanish and can say please, thank you, and beer in Russian. |
They're probably hacking wads while making your food. Ya gotta watch out for that. |
Don't laugh....I picked up more womenz......because I can speak French. No Kidding. Some how chics dig it. |
I used it to insult a Frenchman at a party in Alaska. He turned out to be really cool, from Normandy. I spoke better French than he spoke English, so we talked in French. |
 Ironically, I actually used to speak fluent Dutch when I was a kid, but I forgot it all when I learned German (which after all is very close). I still speak Danish at home, with my friends and with my parents. |
I figured it woudn't be too hard since I knew Japanese and most of the character are identical anyway. I was wrong. Japanese has about 4,000 known characters with 1,945 standardized for current use. Chinese has about 10,000 characters in standard usage with something like 25,000 known to exists. Factor in several known dialects and you have something that ain't easy. |
for the same reson you would learn any language, to converse with the speakers of that language. Gaelic is not a dead language, unlike ancient greek outside of scholars. |
