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Offline Kosh

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What secondary languages can you speak or are studying? This is just a random thought of mine.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline kode

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english.
and I knew a little german a couple of years ago.

not studying any language now.
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Offline Rictor

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Serbo-Croatian.

Though I can "understand" most Slavic languages, especially Russian. As in, pick up the odd word here or there, and get the general gist of the conversation.

 

Offline Martinus

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[color=66ff00]Japanese though I've not had a lot of time to devote to learning it of late.
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Offline Kamikaze

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I don't have to take one in high school (Unless English is counted) because I'm bilingual, I just have to take the SATII for Japanese (should be very easy).
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i learned german in school but can rember very little, in my country (ireland) we speak english primarly but i also know some irish or gaelic as this is taught in school right the way through.

 

Offline Ford Prefect

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I took French for three and a half years, but I got tired of my incompetent teacher, which is a shame because I like the language.
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Offline Taristin

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I've studied French, Spanish and German... I can't actually speak any of them fluently, but I can get the gist of what's said in most all of them. :)
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Offline Solatar

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Finally gotten to a school with a foreign language program (highschool...'bout damn time..).

I'm taking French.

EDIT: The choices were Latin, Spanish, or French though...and I just don't like Spanish...

 
I'm too stupid/lazy to learn any languages, did german in school but all i can remeber now is a few nouns. Most of my brains 'extra vocabulary' space is taken up by technical words and stuff to do with engineering....

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Offline Martinus

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[color=66ff00]I studied French and Irish at school but neither language really grabbed me. I know a bit of French but my Irish is hopeless I can say a few things like window and old bag (we had a female teacher who made our lives difficult). :D
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Offline Rictor

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oh man, I would love to learn Gaelic (thats what you're talking about, right). Its such a beautiful language.

 

Offline Taristin

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Ahh... Mistuck...(sp?) ;)

My spanish teacher was such, also.
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Offline Carl

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Bah. no need for another language when i know the superior american english!
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Offline Ghostavo

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English... a bit french (extremelly little) due to classes I had :ick:
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Offline Kosh

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I forgot to tell what I'm doing.


I took 2 years of German in high school and I'm now studying Chinese at my university.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Martinus

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[color=66ff00]Mandarin, Cantonese or Hakka Kosh?
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Offline Grey Wolf

4 years of French, ending just over a year ago. What do I remember? Very little. Je ne parle pas Français. :p
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Offline Taristin

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Ich spreche franzosich nicht. (sp?) Meh. I've forgotten most of it already. :(
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bah, I'm taking my first year of Spanish.
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