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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So I speak/read/write English (America), English (The Queen's Version), as well as that silly one called Cyberspeak. Know enough Spanish to get myself in trouble (but not really enough to hold a fluent convo). Thanks to Firefly I know how to curse in Chinese semi-fluently, but that's about it. Also know some Elvish curses.

... why is it that you always learn the curses of a language first?

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... why is it that you always learn the curses of a language first?

Because they're essential in any language darling. It's a memory priortization! Okay, you can't find the bathroom, but at least you can tell someone to go fuck themselves.