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Re: What languages do you speak?
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June 28th, 2009, 12:30 amby The King
The Ninja wrote:Well... Let's see... English is a must.
I speak a little Japanese (Let's face it. They're awsome! Ninjas, Samurai, Sushi, everything is awsome!)
And I can say "no" in five languages!
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English: "No"
Spanish: "No"
Japanese: "iie" (E-eh)
German: "Nien" (Nine)
Russian: "Niet" (Nee-yet)
And in sign language; A quick punch to the face, followed directly be a well placed kick to the groin.
Re: What languages do you speak?
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June 28th, 2009, 10:03 amby The Raven
Actually, it's "Nein" instead of "Nien".
That German word for "no"
Re: What languages do you speak?
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June 28th, 2009, 10:09 pmby Kestral
The Ninja wrote:I speak a little Japanese (Let's face it. They're awsome! Ninjas, Samurai, Sushi, everything is awsome!)
And I can say "no" in five languages! ;)
I can use so many terms at this moment, it's not even funny.
Also, it's
awesome not awsome. So much for your grandma being an English Major, or professor, or whatever.
Re: What languages do you speak?
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June 29th, 2009, 3:11 amby The Ninja
The Raven wrote:Actually, it's "Nein" instead of "Nien".
That German word for "no"
Sorry, typo.
Kestral wrote:The Ninja wrote:I speak a little Japanese (Let's face it. They're awsome! Ninjas, Samurai, Sushi, everything is awsome!)
And I can say "no" in five languages!
I can use so many terms at this moment, it's not even funny.
Also, it's
awesome not awsome. So much for your grandma being an English Major, or professor, or whatever.
Look, I can accept correction, but don't diss my grandmother. I don't LIVE with her, I just know a couple rules that she has beaten into my head while on visits and editing my stories.
Re: What languages do you speak?
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June 29th, 2009, 3:36 amby Kestral
I'm not "dissing" your grandmother, it raises some questions on the liability of a few things, but that isn't the topic.
Re: What languages do you speak?
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July 2nd, 2009, 8:46 pmby Ashk. Ashina Zelaku
Most people you'll run into in the US will tell you that those two are the same thing, and I have to say that I agree with "most people."
Extinct languages are either revived or used a lot in religion or professions. They include Manx, Cornish, Latin, and Old Irish. The latter two are probably the most famous examples, really, as they're the foundation for so many modern languages and dialects.
Re: What languages do you speak?
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July 3rd, 2009, 12:32 amby The King
Nobody knows an extinct language, that's why its called extinct. It no longer exists, if we knew it, it wouldn't be extinct.
Extinct language- A language nobody knows about, or knows how to speak.
Dead language- a language spoken by people, but is not the primary language of any country.
If you were to ask any professional linguist, they'll tell you those exact defintions, but with different wording.
Re: What languages do you speak?
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July 6th, 2009, 10:26 pmby Ashk. Ashina Zelaku
Damn, I got it the wrong way around
My gf will kick me
Re: What languages do you speak?
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August 15th, 2013, 2:15 amby Torapa
Ashk. Ashina Zelaku wrote:The Spanish are white...
My encounter with other users of other dialects
I know the feeling. With Highland Gaelic, there are dialects for every island, and there are ninety islands that are permanently inhabited, a few hundred that are seasonally inhabited, and hundreds more than are uninhabited but the placenames on which may be unpronouncable in a different dialect to the island's own, extinct, one.
Most of the dialects on the mainland are replaced by a combination of the two largest insular ones - Lewis, courtesy of Radio nan Gaidheal, and Skye, courtesy of Sabhal Mor Ostaig. But there are no common words between the different areas of the mainland, because they still borrow different words and still manage to change them.
My other native language, Scots, has a smaller number of dialects, but each of them are drastically different, and are sometimes mutually unintelligible with each other - Gaelic and English are out of the equation!
Don't forget Cape Breton Scots Gaelic! Mary Jane Lamond is a wonderful promoter of the tongue.
Re: What languages do you speak?
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December 23rd, 2014, 12:30 amby DikkeVetteVlinder
Dutch and English only. I can say a few things in German and French, but nothing serious. I can hardly order a drink in French :')