Languages

[bambigoddess]

My old professor use to tell us that we should all learn Chinese as, one day, they'll "own" America...you should have heard what the students said. I agree, Matt, the English are rather arrogant...

[matt]

Hey, not all English!

[bambigoddess]

As a whole, I meant...not everyone is, but we're known for being rather...well, you know.

[Freakziilla]

My first language is German and I speak English and Italian fluently... or at least I'm supposed to. xP
I also know some Spanish, Russian and French.
Wouldn't say that I can speak Dutch, but I do understand most of it since it seems to be a mix between German and English.


Bambi, I think you're right about German being kinda hard to learn, but from what I've seen [and heard] from German teachers, I'm not really surprised.
Most of them teach a version of the language that's over 200 years old.
I think you can compare it to the kind of English Shakespeare used to write in. 
Nobody actually talks like that anymore, so it's not only hard to speak but also damn hard to understand.

- //::ƒяεaκzỉỉℓℓa::\\ -

[bambigoddess]

Oh, see, I didn't know that...I'll have to look into learning the "easier version." Thanks for pointing that out!

[Cassie]

(11-04-2008 01:32 PM)Bambi is Wonder Doe link Wrote:Alright, here goes: English, French, Italian, some German, most Spanish, some Dutch, and some Latin. German and Dutch are, by far, the hardest to speak.

Whoa! :o You speak so many languages! How do you learn them all, you're not even 18 yet?! Well done to you, you should be super-proud of yourself for that acheivement!

[Bat]

(11-04-2008 02:56 PM)Bambi is Wonder Doe link Wrote:My old professor use to tell us that we should all learn Chinese as, one day, they'll "own" America...you should have heard what the students said. I agree, Matt, the English are rather arrogant...

Thanks.

Matt- my teachers have said that also (Chinese)

[Cassie]

That the English are arrogant? In language terms, yes, we very much are, but so are you, you speak our language just as we do. You can't put all the blame on the English.

But yes, it's a shame that people who use English as their first language expect everyone else to speak it, it's really unfair.

[Bat]

(11-04-2008 11:00 PM)¢αѕѕιє link Wrote:That the English are arrogant? In language terms, yes, we very much are, but so are you, you speak our language just as we do. You can't put all the blame on the English.

But yes, it's a shame that people who use English as their first language expect everyone else to speak it, it's really unfair.

No, I'm talking about the Chinese language taking over.

[Cassie]

Oh, you edited now. It's okay, I understand you now.