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One.
But I can count to 10 in French, German, Spanish, Norwegian.
I can ask if you're on holiday, or if you have a car in Norwegian.
And I know a few words and phrases in Greek, and I understand more than I can speak, somehow.. |
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I'm working on English.
Marc can speak English, French, and Russian and is passable in Spanish and Italian. I'm trying to convince him to learn Mandarin or Arabic next. |
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I can muddle through reasonably well in French and to a lesser degree in German, and there was a time in the distant past when I could readily transcribe English using the International Phonetic Alphabet (i.e. the symbols you see in brackets after a word in the dictionary showing how it's pronounced) and vice versa. I used to be able to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics too after a fashion. Not that there's been much call for those skills since graduating funnily enough  |
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"I can muddle through reasonably well in French and to a lesser degree in German, and there was a time in the distant past when I could readily transcribe English using the International Phonetic Alphabet (i.e. the symbols you see in brackets after a word in the dictionary showing how it's pronounced) and vice versa. I used to be able to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics too after a fashion. Not that there's been much call for those skills since graduating funnily enough "
Wow. V skilled linguist! |
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"I'm working on English.
Marc can speak English, French, and Russian and is passable in Spanish and Italian. I'm trying to convince him to learn Mandarin or Arabic next."
Oh! I forgot he speaks German, too.
I'm jealous. |
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Reminds me of Clockwise (I think that was the film with John Cleese) where she loved him talking in foreign languages as they made out.
Can see why it would do that to someone.
Doesn't even matter what you say!
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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"I'm working on English.
Marc can speak English, French, and Russian and is passable in Spanish and Italian. I'm trying to convince him to learn Mandarin or Arabic next.
Oh! I forgot he speaks German, too.
I'm jealous."
Is he fluent in all of those languages? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm working on English.
Marc can speak English, French, and Russian and is passable in Spanish and Italian. I'm trying to convince him to learn Mandarin or Arabic next.
Oh! I forgot he speaks German, too.
I'm jealous.
Is he fluent in all of those languages? "
Fluent in German, French, and Russian.
His Italian and Spanish, not so much - more conversational. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm working on English.
Marc can speak English, French, and Russian and is passable in Spanish and Italian. I'm trying to convince him to learn Mandarin or Arabic next.
Oh! I forgot he speaks German, too.
I'm jealous."
Does Marc use English or American words for things?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scottish, English, Punjabi and Body.
I like your style 
Thanks I like your dp. "
Thanks, I like your....Errr not got to look at anything yet. Hang on..... |
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"I can muddle through reasonably well in French and to a lesser degree in German, and there was a time in the distant past when I could readily transcribe English using the International Phonetic Alphabet (i.e. the symbols you see in brackets after a word in the dictionary showing how it's pronounced) and vice versa. I used to be able to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics too after a fashion. Not that there's been much call for those skills since graduating funnily enough "
Awesome |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm working on English.
Marc can speak English, French, and Russian and is passable in Spanish and Italian. I'm trying to convince him to learn Mandarin or Arabic next.
Oh! I forgot he speaks German, too.
I'm jealous.
Does Marc use English or American words for things? "
He uses proper American English  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scottish, English, Punjabi and Body.
I like your style
Thanks I like your dp.
Thanks, I like your....Errr not got to look at anything yet. Hang on....."
Lol pervert! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scottish, English, Punjabi and Body.
I like your style
Thanks I like your dp.
Thanks, I like your....Errr not got to look at anything yet. Hang on....."
Glasses? Scenery?
Struggling to be honest BUT I'm sure I'd like your accent. |
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"Scottish, English, Punjabi and Body.
I like your style
Thanks I like your dp.
Thanks, I like your....Errr not got to look at anything yet. Hang on.....
Lol pervert!"
Said in a glaswegian twang? Call me whatever you want  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"4 recognised languages...
English, French, Swahili, sarcasm, a light spattering of Hindi and Tamil and some bollocks when needed... "
The latter is regularly used here. Quite a skill |
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"Scottish, English, Punjabi and Body.
I like your style
Thanks I like your dp.
Thanks, I like your....Errr not got to look at anything yet. Hang on.....
Lol pervert!
Said in a glaswegian twang? Call me whatever you want "
Och aye the noo....... |
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By *ames6ft5Man
over a year ago
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"I'm working on English.
Marc can speak English, French, and Russian and is passable in Spanish and Italian. I'm trying to convince him to learn Mandarin or Arabic next.
Oh! I forgot he speaks German, too.
I'm jealous.
Is he fluent in all of those languages?
Fluent in German, French, and Russian.
His Italian and Spanish, not so much - more conversational."
I always knew Marc was in espionage. CIA field office in West Yorks |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scottish, English, Punjabi and Body.
I like your style
Thanks I like your dp.
Thanks, I like your....Errr not got to look at anything yet. Hang on.....
Lol pervert!
Said in a glaswegian twang? Call me whatever you want
Och aye the noo....... "
Is that really a thing??  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scottish, English, Punjabi and Body.
I like your style
Thanks I like your dp.
Thanks, I like your....Errr not got to look at anything yet. Hang on.....
Lol pervert!
Said in a glaswegian twang? Call me whatever you want
Och aye the noo.......
Is that really a thing?? "
Ayep, although it's not as common a phrase as is associated with Scotland particularly in Glasgow, gets more common the further up north you travel, I think Slumdog Millionaire over emphasised it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scottish, English, Punjabi and Body.
I like your style
Thanks I like your dp.
Thanks, I like your....Errr not got to look at anything yet. Hang on.....
Lol pervert!
Said in a glaswegian twang? Call me whatever you want
Och aye the noo.......
Is that really a thing??
Ayep, although it's not as common a phrase as is associated with Scotland particularly in Glasgow, gets more common the further up north you travel, I think Slumdog Millionaire over emphasised it."
I thought it was a made up thing.
You learn something new every day! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"4 recognised languages...
English, French, Swahili, sarcasm, a light spattering of Hindi and Tamil and some bollocks when needed...
The latter is regularly used here. Quite a skill "
I certainly can read and understand it to a much higher level as a result of joining fab... |
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By *eliWoman
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"4 recognised languages...
English, French, Swahili, sarcasm, a light spattering of Hindi and Tamil and some bollocks when needed...
The latter is regularly used here. Quite a skill
I certainly can read and understand it to a much higher level as a result of joining fab... "
Just reading and understanding it?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"4 recognised languages...
English, French, Swahili, sarcasm, a light spattering of Hindi and Tamil and some bollocks when needed...
The latter is regularly used here. Quite a skill
I certainly can read and understand it to a much higher level as a result of joining fab... "
Agreed. Although late night forum surfing has been the cause of a lot of my attempts at talking in that language.
I could be lapsing into it here.
It's one of those languages that you accidentally use without knowing
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Scottish, English, Punjabi and Body.
I like your style
Thanks I like your dp.
Thanks, I like your....Errr not got to look at anything yet. Hang on.....
Lol pervert!
Said in a glaswegian twang? Call me whatever you want
Och aye the noo.......
Is that really a thing??
Ayep, although it's not as common a phrase as is associated with Scotland particularly in Glasgow, gets more common the further up north you travel, I think Slumdog Millionaire over emphasised it.
I thought it was a made up thing.
You learn something new every day! "
Aye every day is a school day lol  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"4 recognised languages...
English, French, Swahili, sarcasm, a light spattering of Hindi and Tamil and some bollocks when needed...
The latter is regularly used here. Quite a skill
I certainly can read and understand it to a much higher level as a result of joining fab...
Just reading and understanding it? "
There are some full of it and have learnt it too early to appreciate the lasting implications that go with it indeed. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"4 recognised languages...
English, French, Swahili, sarcasm, a light spattering of Hindi and Tamil and some bollocks when needed...
The latter is regularly used here. Quite a skill
I certainly can read and understand it to a much higher level as a result of joining fab...
Agreed. Although late night forum surfing has been the cause of a lot of my attempts at talking in that language.
I could be lapsing into it here.
Need to be guarded at all times lol....
What do they say...mix with it and it rubs off. It can apply to those we meet as well unfortunately...but that's going off the OP. Maybe for another time.
It's one of those languages that you accidentally use without knowing
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By (user no longer on site)
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"4 recognised languages...
English, French, Swahili, sarcasm, a light spattering of Hindi and Tamil and some bollocks when needed...
The latter is regularly used here. Quite a skill
I certainly can read and understand it to a much higher level as a result of joining fab...
Agreed. Although late night forum surfing has been the cause of a lot of my attempts at talking in that language.
I could be lapsing into it here.
Need to be guarded at all times lol....
What do they say...mix with it and it rubs off. It can apply to those we meet as well unfortunately...but that's going off the OP. Maybe for another time.
It's one of those languages that you accidentally use without knowing
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I just hope all my posts don't come across with added bollocks in them  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"4 recognised languages...
English, French, Swahili, sarcasm, a light spattering of Hindi and Tamil and some bollocks when needed...
The latter is regularly used here. Quite a skill
I certainly can read and understand it to a much higher level as a result of joining fab...
Agreed. Although late night forum surfing has been the cause of a lot of my attempts at talking in that language.
I could be lapsing into it here.
Need to be guarded at all times lol....
What do they say...mix with it and it rubs off. It can apply to those we meet as well unfortunately...but that's going off the OP. Maybe for another time.
It's one of those languages that you accidentally use without knowing
I just hope all my posts don't come across with added bollocks in them "
Au contrer |
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By *eliWoman
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"4 recognised languages...
English, French, Swahili, sarcasm, a light spattering of Hindi and Tamil and some bollocks when needed...
The latter is regularly used here. Quite a skill
I certainly can read and understand it to a much higher level as a result of joining fab...
Just reading and understanding it?
There are some full of it and have learnt it too early to appreciate the lasting implications that go with it indeed."
At least there's self awareness to go with it I guess. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"English, French, Spanish, Italian and waffle
Ma che bella ragazza, j'ai envie de te faire l'amour, et de te lécher la figa !
FaB your just multilingual in smooth talk aren't you "
Anything that can get me into your figa bella ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nenu nija?ga anni vadda i bha?a ma?la?aledu
Telugu. What a language!
*Courtesy of Google translate.
I still have no idea who speaks Telugu or where in the world it's from.
Off to use Google for a while.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Only 75 million people use it!
You would think I'd heard of it.
Need to swot up on geographical locations and languages.
My A level geography came in really useful there |
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