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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Oksy, you win a gold star, because that's damn awesome. I've always wanted to learn Gaelic, but the pronounciating slays me. I need someone to teach it to me.

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:D yay a gold star!! I don't know WHY I know all these things!! I was very bored in school, I guess...^_^ I took French for like eight years or so, and am still doing it now, but my step-dad's been having conversatons with me in French since I was five, and my dad was the one who taught me Gaelic....we have cousins who speak it, and tey taught HIM. And pronounciation IS a bitch, but it's fun! Aaaand Old English was my mom's doing, and my little sister just gets bored and wants to learn new things. At NINE YEARS OLD, she is speaking Spanish fluently (she goes to a Spanish Immersion school, has since she was three), and took Japanese and Mandarin Chinese because she was bored.

My family is so weird. ^_^