I am in the West. I got that Line from a Californian.

I know very little of any other language.

I can say I don't speak .... in 4 languages. Can't spell it but I can say it.

@Xandriana: You think so? Odd, you're the first Californian I've heard say that. :P

@Jean: Knowing a foreign language or two is really fun. Especially Japanese -- once I started learning that, I was suddenly struck by how easy it was to read any language using the Roman alphabet.

*pops back in* ohlala! Le francais! C'est le langue seulement que je parle qui n'est pas englais... ou... est qu'on dis 'qui ce n'est pas?' Ca ne fait rien!

I took German in college, but it didn't stick....

I can't cross the border.

I took like 7 years of french... lol.

No I live in the North West I heard it at Norwescon from a gal who lives in Clai.

@Retro: Funny, I just passed a reading exam in French for my degree, translating a scholarly article, but what you say makes little sense past:

"Oh, goody! French! That's the only language I speak that isn't English... or, [can't follow]"

@Xandra: Clai?

yhea oops Cali. California

Originally Posted by Xandriana

yhea oops Cali. California

*shudder* I will never get used to that nickname, and I've lived in California almost all my life, excepting my years in Europe.

I'd like to learn spanish...

There are loads of courses for Spanish online, some free, and you can always do Rosetta Stone or something like that.

Originally Posted by anime_scholar

@Retro: Funny, I just passed a reading exam in French for my degree, translating a scholarly article, but what you say makes little sense past:

"Oh, goody! French! That's the only language I speak that isn't English... or, [can't follow]"

@Xandra: Clai?

I know... I was about to say... I speak 7 years of french but you can't tell... it was on and off so I forget grammer... the part after that was meant to be "or does one say (the other option i thought might have been the correct way to say that)"

EDIT: oh... and then how do you say it doesn't matter... that's the phrase that came to my head but I'm not sure.

Ah, I get that now.

I had four years in high school, and I read it rather well with a dictionary (at least according to my school's guidelines), but as far as constructing a sentence, GAH I'm rusty.

Next year I'll be taking third year Japanese, and I'm so excited! This summer I'm going to try to read a bio of Hayao Miyazaki in Japanese, but I suspect it'll take me all summer to get through a few pages.

Originally Posted by anime_scholar

Ah, I get that now.

I had four years in high school, and I read it rather well with a dictionary (at least according to my school's guidelines), but as far as constructing a sentence, GAH I'm rusty.

Yeah... that's where I have trouble too. I'm much more comfortable speaking and comprehending than writing too.

Oh, I can't speak it anymore, I think. It would come out Japanese.

Or Dutch!! XD

lol... I always wanted to learn other languages, but I knew that meant I would lose what little French I retain to begin with.

Dutch not Deutsche?

Hello all

Not necessarily, I think. My French lay dormant when I tried to learn Dutch, and I think if I were immersed in it for a few weeks, it would come back.

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Yes, Dutch: the language of the Netherlands.

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netherlands - Google Maps

On a side note: YouTube - Crazy Cat Loves Water Run On His Head To Get Drink OMG AWWWWWW!

OMG LURVE.

My cats will daintily drink from a running tap, but never stick their heads in deliberately!

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... Is the thread empty? *is lonely*

Nooo... not empty... well, besides me and Dead maybe

it did get a lot slower though