Se habla ingles?

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I had a dream last night that I had to make this poll. It's just for curiousity's sake, but you know me, I may try to pick your brains later if I want one of my characters to start cursing at people in Russian. Even though my keyboard isn't equipped for Russian.

ETA: I define 'speak' as some degree of fluency/proficency where you can a) carry on a conversation b) curse prolifically and summon a policeman in said language and/or c) survive if you are kidnapped, tied up, dropped off in that country with nothing but your name, and can communicate well enough with other people (without sign language) so you can get back home.

Too much Burn Notice what?

ETA 2: Yes, kids, I know that Scandinavian and Eastern European are regions and not languages, but in some instances you have to generalize because unless it's for a paper, I'm not listing 600 languages.

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Your icon is priceless. Now is that pronounced crass-eek-nee or cras-sik-nee?

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There are three alphabets in Japanese? I can't believe people think English is difficult. Wow.

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Welsh! Love the Welsh!

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Darlin' I'd be shocked if you could say anything clean in front of your mama ;-) Oh, wait, is that me?

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Dude, tell me all about the spoon ;-)

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(My current solution is something along the lines of SEND ME TO PARIS FOR 3 MONTHS kthxbai! Hey, I can try...)

Sounds like a plan to me!

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I think that makes you multi-ligual, darling :-)

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I love learning new stuff, thanks!

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You are never alone ;-)

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

He actually taught Latin too and Ancient Roman history, but he must have been exceedingly cranky about. It was probably pretty entertaining. The class would consist of "all Romans were lying, no talent thieves. The end!"

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I came here totally random, 'cause I read one of your fics ^^! (btw brava!)
Btw, I'm Italian, I speak not bad.. English-UK (they teach it here at school XD) BUT also my local language (which is a mixture from Italian-Venetian, Slovenian, German, plus Spanish and Greek words 'cause is a sea-zone in upper-Adriatic region).
BUT I don't check Latin and Ancient Greek, because yes, I can translated Caesar and Homer, but I can't speak more than some words in those languages. You know: dead languages are not very useful for conversation, so at school, we studied only translation from text (well, plus literature and similar things). I'm totally enable to create something with them.

[trinity_clare]

Hmm, I checked Spanish and French (along with English), but having learned both of those thoroughly I find myself able to read Italian, Portuguese, and Catalan pretty reliably, and have a decent shot at Latin.