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Lynzi Marie
Flying tumbler
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 2052
Location: Utah |
heeheehee....
yeah... 
I love it....I do all kinds of research and stuff on my clans....
my mom and I are crazy beans....  |
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Gemma
Flier
Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 846
Location: Essex, England |
what clan are you descending from then? I am part of the Ross clan which is my surname as well scotland is awesome
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Tuesday February 6, 2007 4:38 pm |
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Lynzi Marie
Flying tumbler
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 2052
Location: Utah |
McDonald and Munro......
Scotland is such a beautiful place....
my biggest dream is to go to Vet school there....
but that would almost literally cost me an arm and a leg.
I'm so excited to go one day!!!!! |
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Tuesday February 6, 2007 4:49 pm |
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Jrmno1sCarrie
Flier
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 718
Location: Ohio |
I took 4 years of French in high school but remember so little of it now.  I know how to count to 10 in Japenese Got that from an English to Japanese phrases book that my Dad had. Pretty much just English speaking. It impresses me when people know more than one language and can speak and understand it fluently. 
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Thursday February 8, 2007 1:27 pm |
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cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
quote:
Originally posted by Kellyanne
Cheeta: We speak Senegal-ese at home on a daily basis.
For example: Weeeeehoooo, Qeee Qeeee.....
yup, me too.
click click woo, pipp? weeoo-wheet? meahh? |
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Thursday February 8, 2007 8:59 pm |
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Jrmno1
Flying tumbler
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 2310
Location: Ohio, USA |
I understand any lanuage execpt Greek.......
It's All Greek to me.....
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Thursday February 8, 2007 9:04 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10088
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Silly John! |
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Thursday February 8, 2007 9:08 pm |
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meg832
Fledgeling
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Posts: 365
Location: Ohio |
English, German, French. I could chat in German and get by in French, but it has been a long time... I am brushing up on German again now. And, oh yes!-- Greek! (just kidding) John, the way I speak Greek uses the whole body, lots of hands, arms, pointing, and dancing around when necessary. I would love to learn the written Japanese language.
I tired to teach myself Dutch by babbling the sounds and studying the written words which seemed to me to be a blend of French and German. One day, in a shop of tourist junk, I translated a sign on a huge slide display as "have a light on us". Under the sign was a gadget on a chain. Expecting to critique the quality of the slides, I held the gadget to my eye, pushed the button, and learned that I was holding a cigarette lighter.
Anyway, Luke, I think studying languages gives you an insight to the culture of a country and the way its people think. |
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Sunday February 11, 2007 4:48 am |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10088
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quote:
Originally posted by meg832
I tired to teach myself Dutch by babbling the sounds and studying the written words which seemed to me to be a blend of French and German. One day, in a shop of tourist junk, I translated a sign on a huge slide display as "have a light on us". Under the sign was a gadget on a chain. Expecting to critique the quality of the slides, I held the gadget to my eye, pushed the button, and learned that I was holding a cigarette lighter.
OMG! Did this happen in the Netherlands?!
Dutch uses a lot of English words, nowadays. There's also some French in it. And I'm sure it sounds to you like German. But some things are very different.
In Dutch a lake is meer and the sea is zee.
In German a lake is see and the sea meer.
Quite funny! |
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Sunday February 11, 2007 1:11 pm |
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Papug
Experienced flier
Joined: 16 May 2005
Posts: 1293
Location: Canada |
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeta
hmmm I know five different dialects... Plus, I can understand a couple more other dialect but I can't speak it.
Oh also add Malay (a little) to my list of languages.
Cheeta, are these dialects close to each other? I mean, can people understand each other without actually speaking the other dialect? |
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Sunday February 11, 2007 4:18 pm |
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Papug
Experienced flier
Joined: 16 May 2005
Posts: 1293
Location: Canada |
I can speak fluent English and Polish. I used to speak fluent Italian too, but it's getting a bit rusty now  I had lots of French in school but I can't say I speak the language well...
Sue, you know, I took Latin courses for 2 years too! Cogito ergo sum...etc...
I can understand most of the slavic languages too: Slovak, Czech and Ukrainian. |
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Sunday February 11, 2007 4:27 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10088
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Hey there Papug.. Did you do courses or did you learn it in school?
Cogita ergo sum is something I learned later.. First I learned: Marcus et Cornelia in horto ambulant. Cornelia exclamat: Serpentem video! Do you know that book? |
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Sunday February 11, 2007 7:17 pm |
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Papug
Experienced flier
Joined: 16 May 2005
Posts: 1293
Location: Canada |
quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy Sue
Hey there Papug.. Did you do courses or did you learn it in school?
Cogita ergo sum is something I learned later.. First I learned: Marcus et Cornelia in horto ambulant. Cornelia exclamat: Serpentem video! Do you know that book?
I took courses when I was at the university
No, I don't know that book Unfortunately there was not much about looking at snakes in my book... The one that I had was rather boring and serious  It had a lot of sayings like "homo homini lupus est" and things like that A lot of grammar too  |
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Sunday February 11, 2007 7:59 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10088
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Ohhh a serious course.. I started out very simple with funny stories. Later I continued to Catullus, Cicero (quite hard) Livius and others. |
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Sunday February 11, 2007 9:53 pm |
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Kellyanne
Flier
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
Posts: 659
Location: Ottawa, Canada |
I learned a bit of latin in law school - like mens rea, actus reus... |
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Monday February 12, 2007 3:49 am |
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