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

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.

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.

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

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

I speak English and Spanish fluently [:)]

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

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

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

Parlo inglese e italiano. Cia'o tutti!

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.

I is dumb and can only talk American.

I know enough German and Spanish to get stabbed.

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 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

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

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