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darbypitcher22

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Aug 18, 2010 12:43 AM
i can only remember a little bit of the 3 years of French I took in HS.

Stuck taking a year of Spanish to satisfy a basic graduation requirement. Its at 8 in the morning. God help me.
Aug 18, 2010 12:43am
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sherm03

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Aug 18, 2010 12:53 AM
I took 4 semesters of Latin in high school...and 2 more in college.

So no, I don't speak any other languages. But I can sometimes get an idea of what someone is saying in Italian, Spanish, or French just based on the vocabulary from Latin.
Aug 18, 2010 12:53am
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Curly J

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7,282 posts
Aug 18, 2010 4:04 AM
No, I failed French in HS.

I do know enough Korean to get me fed, drunk, laid, or if not laid then slapped.
Aug 18, 2010 4:04am
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Zen

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94 posts
Aug 18, 2010 4:21 AM
Took two years of French in HS, couldn't count to fifty in french to save my life now...

I could converse in Dari and Pashto now.
Aug 18, 2010 4:21am
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bwcomet89

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Aug 18, 2010 7:10 AM
I could function in spanish speaking countries, as long as the natives of that country were very patient with me. I took 3 years of Spanish in HS and was very average at it. However I picked up a lot of common spanish words in case I ever needed it, which I have used on occasion. The custodians where I used to work were foreign, I didn't like how much they would make fun of us, and some people tried to communicate plays in Spanish in my football league and I was able to pick up on what they were saying. I believe that 1 in 4 statistic, although I would not believe it if they told me 1 in 4 Ohioans were bilingual. I'm assuming many people down south near the Mexican border are fluent in Spanish and English.
Aug 18, 2010 7:10am
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Belly35

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9,716 posts
Aug 18, 2010 7:33 AM
I speak some Croatian, know a little Spanish, French and Vietnamese just enough to get laid or killed.
Writing, spelling and grammar….Questionalbe at best
Aug 18, 2010 7:33am
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ernest_t_bass

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Aug 18, 2010 8:36 AM
Belly35;454852 wrote: Writing, spelling and grammar….Questionalbe at best

In English? :D
Aug 18, 2010 8:36am
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UA5straightin2008

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Aug 18, 2010 8:41 AM
BRF;454611 wrote:Ach so.....sehr gut.

du bist eine kleine, bloede maedchen :P

ich habe nocheinjahr deutsch
Aug 18, 2010 8:41am
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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Aug 18, 2010 8:57 AM
Belly is almost is fluent in English. I'm not sure what his native language is though.
Aug 18, 2010 8:57am
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MontyBrunswick

Aug 18, 2010 4:02 PM
Zwick is fluent in douche.

I'm in the beginning portion of my Spanish sequence at OSU. I need 30 credits to graduate, 15 of them are Spanish.

darbypitcher22: I took Spanish 101 at 8:30a the first five-weeks of summer. It was awful.
By the time I got my sleeping pattern down, class was over. I'm glad 102 was full for the second five weeks, otherwise I would have probably shot myself. It was terrible.
Aug 18, 2010 4:02pm
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BRF

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Aug 18, 2010 4:04 PM
UA5straightin2008;454880 wrote:du bist eine kleine, bloede maedchen :P

Did you just call me a stupid little girl? Dummkopf!
Aug 18, 2010 4:04pm
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BigAppleBuckeye

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Aug 18, 2010 5:29 PM
When my mother speaks to me in Italian or Spanish (she is Argentinian, but from an Italian bloodline), I can understand everything. However, I speak both poorly, but can get by ok. I used to speak Italian somewhat well, and when I took some family members from Italy out on the town, we could communicate quite well. However, I feel I lost most of that talent, as I haven't practiced in years (but will get my chance in Italy this October on my honeymoon!) ...
Aug 18, 2010 5:29pm
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clickclickboom

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Aug 18, 2010 6:18 PM
1 in 4? i dont think so.. more like 1 in 400 1 in 4 know a little spanish or know a funny phrase in a different language thats about it
Aug 18, 2010 6:18pm
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Sage

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Aug 18, 2010 6:20 PM
I can wheel and deal in the Swahili tongue.
Aug 18, 2010 6:20pm
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I Wear Pants

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Aug 18, 2010 7:10 PM
Because of this thread I decided to start practicing my French again. I'm surprised at the amount of stuff I still remember having not taken a class in two years. But that's what four years in HS and a year of college French will do I guess.
Aug 18, 2010 7:10pm
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BRF

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Aug 18, 2010 7:55 PM
Have you learned the word for "surrender"? ;-). I think it's interesting how "etats" is state backward.
Aug 18, 2010 7:55pm
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Apple

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2,620 posts
Aug 18, 2010 8:19 PM
Ein sehr gross bier bitte!

'nuf said!
Aug 18, 2010 8:19pm