How many Languages can you speak?

[edisonoside]

I can speak Four.
Spanish is my first language.
English is my second.
Greek is my third.
French- just enough to get by.

[Panorama]

I have enough trouble with the one language, english. I really need to learn to read and write -- I think that would facilitate a lot in my life.

...besides it's costing me a fortune to hire a guy everyday to type all this useless stuff.

[Otters Walk Among Us]

Watching a lot of The Simpsons, Futurama, and Star Trek allows me to converse in several dialects of Geek, but I am limited to English and very rudimentary German and French.

[ExRat]

I am equally proficient at slaughtering two languages: Estonian and English. I can speak a little Finnish as well - simply because Finnish is so closely related to Estonian and I lived in Helsinki for a year and my cousins speak it. Also took French in hi

[savethewave]

This is an interesting thread.

I overheard a couple of Quebequois (in Wildwood, NJ, of course)saying this little joke:
What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
Bilingual.
What do you call someone who speaks three languages?
Trilingual.
W

[Bitter Almonds]

I speak English and Spanish fluently [:)]

[phillyidol]

After english I can converse in spanish,russian (but not alot-I learn a new saying once a week)and the most fun- Jamaican slang. I grew up in east flatbush brooklyn which is almost all Jamaican. So its pretty funny to hear me do it. They are always in sho

[Natephish]

English and French. I've dabbled in: Spanish, German, Occitan, Latin, Japanese and Aramaic.

[KYYX4ever]

Great question![:D]

I speak English, Latvian, Italian, & German--those last 2 not fluently. I've taught myself a bit of Greek, Russian, Lithuanian, Estonian, & Polish, so I can get around in those countries when travelling there.
I LOVE studying othe

[egg-roger]

Parlo inglese e italiano. Cia'o tutti!

[red x red]

English and Spanish. I used to speak Spanish fluently, but now I'd say its merely conversational. I don't get much chance to use it anymore.

[Ollie Stench]

I is dumb and can only talk American.

I know enough German and Spanish to get stabbed.

[phillyidol]

I always learn the bad stuff first. In German I can say "kiss my ass, I have a headache" Don't even ask how that came about!

[i_like_lectric_motors]

I spent five years in Germany between '84 and '89 and still remember quite a bit of the language despite having never made any real effort to learn it. I know what you mean Ollie. I knew enough to get laid (or slapped) and enough to order beer and food. S

[eight6]

[quote][i]Originally posted by savethewave[/i]
<br>This is an interesting thread.

I overheard a couple of Quebequois (in Wildwood, NJ, o