Se habla ingles?

[hackthis_archive]

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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Comments

[isagel.livejournal.com]

Hm. Scandinavian. That's condensing two languages I would claim to speak and one I understand under one heading. Darn you for depriving me of extra multi-lingualness points. *g*

Seriously, though, as a Swedish person, I wouldn't say that Scandinavian is a single language. To me, Scandinavian is a hodgepodge we Nordic people make up to communicate with each other, and plenty of us suck at doing that. I know many Swedish people who'd rather speak English with a Danish person than try to understand Danish. Which certainly indicates that said people have a shamefully bad ear for languages, but still. Not one language. :)

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

I was going to mention that Scandinavian is more a language family, not a single language. Not that I speak any of the languages in it. *G*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I do understand, darling, that Scandinavian isn't one language. It's a furniture design! But I started thinking about listing every last language in every last country and well, my brain started to hurt. But I don't want you to think I did it on purpose, it was more a matter of condensing for space.

[isagel.livejournal.com]

Oh, I figured you didn't do it on purpose. It just felt so odd for me to click it, I felt compelled to blabber on about it.