ubereglu Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Just wondering the percentage of people on here who speak more than one language. I speak English and am learning French and German. Hence three languages! Text language doesn't count! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 English, Francais, Italiano, (Pigeon) Portuges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazaddress Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 english spanish french german a little portuguese C C++ VB ASP ASP.net Pascal Cobol Z Java Javascript Html Xml Sql Actionscript Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 , (Pigeon) You can speak pigeon Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamsin Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 English and a little German Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 , (Pigeon) You can speak pigeon Martin You know.... I can ask for a drink oir say little things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley-Jean Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 englishspanish french german a little portuguese C C++ VB ASP ASP.net Pascal Cobol Z Java Javascript Html Xml Sql Actionscript The computer language list is impressive Kaz, but 4 foreign languages too brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazaddress Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 he he.. well they are a language arnt they does American, Australian, Irish and Scottish count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 English - obviously Took me 3 times to pass GCSE French at grade C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I put 4 languages - English, French, German, Latin and a bit of Italian. Of course, I don't speak Latin, it's a dumb language, but I do sing quite a lot of it. I only have 'O' levels in them though, nothing more proficient than that. And Italian isn't as good as that either - only what I sing, no formal lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveypup Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 English obviously, German, French and British Sign Language Trying to get myself on a Polish course at the mo so I can provide a better service to our Polish customers too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I can only claim to speak one language with any degree of fluency.... and that's English . I learnt Welsh, French and Latin at school, but haven't really spoken any of them for an extremely long time (in fact, never in the case of Latin ) and couldn't pretend to understand much any longer, and only to speak very clumsily, present tense only, lots of umms and errrs, and pointing Sorry.... I just clicked the 1, I'd love to be able to speak another language well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Desperately trying to learn French... I remember you asking about how an adult can learn languages, BBC2 on some evenings(sundays?) have language programmes it covers all the basic language you may need. The programmes last between 1am-5.30am and I record the Italian ones on sky+ to help me with my Italian GCSE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 A levels in English, French and German. O levels in Spanish and Latin. It was a very long time ago so I'm rather rusty, but taking a big interest in Lizzy and Cathy's German and French homework! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 OOhh Kaz - I used to know Pascal... but I've forgotten it all now... I learned it for some programming at University to do with Statistics and Operational Research. Surely "Ooops, word censored!"ody uses it now do they? Anyway I've forgotten.. How do you say "Two pints of bitter, a white wine spritzer and four packets of crisps" in Pascal?? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 OOhh Kaz - I used to know Pascal... but I've forgotten it all now... I learned it for some programming at University to do with Statistics and Operational Research. Surely "Ooops, word censored!"ody uses it now do they? Anyway I've forgotten.. How do you say "Two pints of bitter, a white wine spritzer and four packets of crisps" in Pascal?? Phil ...and don't forget the pork scratchings! English, French and a little Portugese from me, oh, and a smattering of Hungarian words from son's girlfriend, but that definitely doesn't count as learning a lnaguage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I learned Spanish and French at school but can only remember snippets of Spanish now. My youngest is learning French at school at the moment and I can actually remember an awful lot of that which is quite a surprise! I can understand more than I can speak though so I'd be no good conversing with a French person! My eldest is doing GCSEs in German and Italian and I don't understand a single word which hasn't been on a Pizza menu ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I can speak German (badly!), and am currently trying to learn, and teach the boys, Spanish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 learnt basic French at school but we learned far more by being on holiday in France and having to converse with the locals, it's amazing how much you can pick up in just a week. Did a course in greek a few years back but its a hard one to learn by yourself - always easier if someone else is learning too. I can also swear in Swedish - does that count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 English and German for me. I can understand more German when it is being spoken, but find it difficult to reply to I also know a few words and phrases of Doric, however these are spoken in a Nottingham accent to the amusement of "local" friends up here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I am fluent in gibberish, and learning 'chicken' to converse with the girls of course! Do these count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I am fluent in gibberish, and learning 'chicken' to converse with the girls of course! Do these count? Same here! polled English and French, and learning a little German at work, and when the children need help with homework karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymama Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 English (Yorkshire style) and Afrikaans, gained under duress when living in SA 1980 - 1985 to A+ Level standard. Fancy learning Spanish, though. Was inspired by a recent visit to Mallorca (yes, I know Mallorcans speak Mallorqean) and found what I picked up easy. They all speak Spanish to strangers first. Can ask for two beers please in European Portugese, too! Have tried and failed French three times. Dunno why, as I can do a French accent like a French person, apparently. Oh, and the Afrikaans lets me in on Dutch, no surprise there. I can make myself understood and read it quite well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 English Italian (was bilingual as a child, ut not any more ) French (apalling conjugation but can get by) Spanish (as above) Arabic (a smattering including b***er off and leave me alone) I wish I'd kept up the Italian, but none of the family speak it any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
