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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:16:18 PM EDT
[#1]
I can speak Spanish pretty well and am better at reading it
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:21:57 PM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Here's a question for y'all: if you found a 'linguists' Genie's lamp, and he could grant you the ability to magically speak and read/write any 3 additional languages with no effort, what would they be? I'll go with Mandarin, Russian, and .. tie between German, French, or classic Latin. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:25:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shiiiit, my momma din' raise no fool! I dug her rap! on the serious side, I did study Russian in High School... I can still read Cyrillic and can sound out words. I still remember a few words, but I'm far from conversational. And it was a total waste. I should have studied Spanish. It would be far more useful. I know a bit of Spanish... there are a halfway decent number of words and phrases I know. On occasion I can get the gist of what people are talking about, but often I can't. I wish I had learned more. Being a white dude fluent in Spanish around here could be useful from time to time. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Excuse me, stewardess, I speak jive. Shiiiit, my momma din' raise no fool! I dug her rap! on the serious side, I did study Russian in High School... I can still read Cyrillic and can sound out words. I still remember a few words, but I'm far from conversational. And it was a total waste. I should have studied Spanish. It would be far more useful. I know a bit of Spanish... there are a halfway decent number of words and phrases I know. On occasion I can get the gist of what people are talking about, but often I can't. I wish I had learned more. Being a white dude fluent in Spanish around here could be useful from time to time. Spanish, French, Mandarin. . Those are going to be the most useful. German is handy as well in Europe but there you are far less likely to find yourself with no English speakers around. Portuguese can be a good one in certain parts of the world as well. I speak conversationally fluent German, and am trying to get my French up to that level as well. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:25:49 PM EDT
[#4]
Everyone else in the world speaks English as a second language so I am ok knowing English only.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:27:51 PM EDT
[#5]
Pffft.
Mi cago en tus muertos. Putas. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:28:17 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Chango tu madre.  En la boca. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:28:50 PM EDT
[#7]
Si.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:30:31 PM EDT
[#8]
I speak every language I need to speak to go about my life.
If that changed, and I for one reason or another suddenly didn't speak all the languages I need, I would learn enough languages to fix that. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:33:00 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This. Wouldn't hurt to be able to order a beer and ask were the head is at. Order a beer, order a meal, ask directions for the head, and tell a gal she is pretty. Should get you through many social interactions. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:34:00 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. 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? 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. /thread |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:36:03 PM EDT
[#11]
English is the language of commerce. Maybe mandarin is passing it soon but for now its english. I’ve read that you’ll have a few foreign companies try and communicate and they’ll use english since its the secondary language they probably learned to do business in. I don’t know how true that is but its what I’ve read.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:38:55 PM EDT
[#12]
It's nothing to be ashamed of either. (unless your an illegal alien in a spanish country)
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:39:17 PM EDT
[#13]
It’s nothing to be ashamed of either.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:55:28 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. This right there. If there was a language more widely used, I would be all over it. To me not knowing English is way worse than only knowing English. It doesn't matter how many you know, they are all limited. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:56:40 PM EDT
[#15]
All the messican I know, I learned from Cheech and Chong.
Hey pendejos! |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:11:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ACTUALLY, it was nazis speaking German and using the metric system, but let’s not stop at details  Nope, Apollo was entirely imperial. Hardware, guidance, everything. Don't believe me? Look up the Apollo 11 landing transcript. They're calling out distances in feet and velocity on feet per second. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:14:16 PM EDT
[#17]
I read that as being a mongoloid is nothing to be proud of.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:15:06 PM EDT
[#18]
I have no reason or need to learn another language.
People elsewhere DO have a reason/need to learn English. Sorry. We are better than your country. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:15:38 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This. It's still being taught in some ex-colonies, but so are other languages. Hindi or Mandarin will get you speaking to 20% of the world. Hindi unlocks only 43% of India. In large swaths of India, English beats Hindi. Many locals reject learning it as they do not want it becoming the national language so it doesn't spread. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:24:25 PM EDT
[#20]
Yeah, being able to speak a couple other languages is useful. Sure is fuck all easier than climbing a mountain face with a backpack stuffed with Whatever-to-English dictionaries.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:26:45 PM EDT
[#21]
I speak 3 languages fluently.
I wish I spoke at least 2 more fluently. Most of my friends being born to immigrant parents and living in Quebec speak at least 3 languages. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:34:19 PM EDT
[#22]
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. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:37:21 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryI speak jive, and can both read and write in cursive, (some difficulty writing, its very rarely employed) |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:39:03 PM EDT
[#24]
Of course it is, M/F'er wants to talk to me, speak my language.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:41:20 PM EDT
[#25]
English is the most widely spoken second language in the world. I had four years of high school German, one year was college-level AP. I don't consider myself bilingual and I have a asleep don't get a lot of chance to practice with here in the middle of cattle Country Florida. But I bought tapes or CDs or DVDs and brushed up on my high school German before I went over there so at least I could be polite.
I had 10 credits of Spanish in college, all I can do is order a beer or find the beach. Well and say please and thank you. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:41:43 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just learn the cuss words. This. Lots of apps to help. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:42:06 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So you are saying that you don't speak Botchi, the language of load lifters?  BINARY load lifters. They are similar to vaporators in most respects. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:42:59 PM EDT
[#28]
Are most people bilingual because they also learn English as their second language. I already know it so don’t need to learn another.
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Posted: 5/15/2021 11:54:30 PM EDT
[#29]
Duolingo FTW!
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:00:19 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Duolingo FTW! I've used that and Babbel. I think Babbel is a little bit better. If you watch, you can buy a lifetime unlimited subscription now and then. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:00:45 AM EDT
[#31]
Ich verstehen ein bischen Deutsch.
Nicht sehr gut. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:01:03 AM EDT
[#32]
Most of GD is trilingual
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:29:58 AM EDT
[#33]
Most science is done in English. Most air traffic control is in English. Going to the moon is in English. Why is that?
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:30:48 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Most science is done in English. Most air traffic control is in English. Going to the moon is in English. Why is that? Racism and sexism |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:39:21 AM EDT
[#35]
Refusing to show respect for the country and people who are hosting you, for business, or leisure, is nothing to be proud of, either.
When I worked overseas I made every effort to learn as much as I could of the local language. It's classless to expect people to conform to YOUR norms when you visit another country, for whatever reason. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:45:03 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just learn the cuss words. I know a ton of profanity in Bosnian. Working with several for a few years I wanted to know how to call somebody a cock sucker or how to know when I was being called one. Every day I made Emir teach me a new slur in Bosnian. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:47:24 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Define bilingual. A few known words or phrases or conversational? If you are claiming 50% are conversational I call BS. I know enough French and Spanish to get by on but conversational I am not. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:51:19 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If I had to learn another language, it would probably be German. Likely not useful for much, except yelling at people with maximum impact.  Dutch or Russian sounds 100x angrier. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:51:49 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fixed it for you. That said, I think k foreign languages are interesting and fun. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 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. That they are. As are foreign people and places. That doesn't mean I should have to speak a foreign language here in my own Country. 
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:54:58 AM EDT
[#40]
I speak English and Pig Latin!
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:55:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/16/2021 12:57:32 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Its not a detriment for us for the most part because we don't have to deal with hardly anyone thst doesn't speak english. I know a little spanish but i wouldn't have much opportunity to practice much of anything else There lies the problem. I rarely get the opportunity to practice French so my proficiency is severely lacking. Spanish a little more so but since we Americans are cut off by two oceans, a mostly English speaking neighbor to the north and a predominantly Spanish speaking hemisphere to the south the likelihood of needing to know another language is slim. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 1:06:37 AM EDT
[#43]
Most of the world is bilingual for two reasons.
1. They need English to be successful but already speak their native language. 2. They live in close proximity to other countries on par with them that speak different languages. 1 and 2 do not apply to us |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 1:17:45 AM EDT
[#44]
There's no need for me to learn another language. If I can't speak to someone using English, then I guess I don't need to speak to them.
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Posted: 5/16/2021 1:18:49 AM EDT
[#45]
Yo soy un gringo pero yo ha pracado hablando en espanol, no es necesario.
I just did it because I grew up around a ton of hispanics and still live in a border state. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 1:21:59 AM EDT
[#46]
 Inugami Korone - English ONLY |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 1:24:47 AM EDT
[#47]
Learning another language is usually caused by necessity. I know several people who were exposed to other languages as kids, learned those languages, then as they got older lost the fluency. They didn't need it to be successful. I speak a wee bit of Spanish, not at all fluently, but I never feel inadequate. It's like calculus. I learned it once, and now I don't know it well. Don't need it anymore.
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Posted: 5/16/2021 2:38:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/16/2021 3:36:39 AM EDT
[#49]
The Average american doesn't have enough vacation time to make a second language a worthwhile time investment.
 This is exacerbated by the fact that the average Americans travel destinations are to: -Countries with a high level of English speaking (EU zone) -Countries Americans are unlikely to learn the language of even if bilingual and motivated (Asia.) https://www.loveexploring.com/gallerylist/71756/ranked-the-top-30-most-popular-destinations-for-americans I support learning Spanish if you have to flee the country, or want to import some hot latinas. Outside of that its a limited use skill. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 3:51:36 AM 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. I got to native with Portuguese....when I was down there I could fool anyone into thinking I was Brazilian. The head of the Portuguese department at BYU told me I was the best non-native speaker he had ever heard. (I didn't go to BYU, his daughter was friends with my sister so I would see him around) There, I am done patting myself on the back. |
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