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Thu Apr-05-07 10:01 PM
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| 21. One major language and one obscure one |
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I've done a lot of French and I'd like to learn Russian, so there's two major ones. As for minor languages I'd probably pick Finnish or Hebrew.
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| -What foreign language(s) do you think Americans should learn? |
electron_blue |
Apr-05-07 08:29 PM |
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Oh thats easy: Manx. |
mainegreen |
Apr-05-07 08:30 PM |
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I could benefit from understanding "Golden" |
salin |
Apr-05-07 08:31 PM |
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Meow! |
electron_blue |
Apr-05-07 08:34 PM |
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English. It's foreign, and half of them don't know it. |
Little Wing |
Apr-05-07 08:34 PM |
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Akkadian |
Rabrrrrrr |
Apr-05-07 08:35 PM |
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Spanish... |
XemaSab |
Apr-05-07 08:47 PM |
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Every person on the planet should be fluent in at least three ... |
Pacifist Patriot |
Apr-05-07 08:48 PM |
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Yeah, I thought of having my daughter take Spanish bcs I know a fair amt, but that got me wondering |
electron_blue |
Apr-05-07 08:59 PM |
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I have a beautiful English-Arabic Koran on my desk and a book... |
Pacifist Patriot |
Apr-05-07 09:04 PM |
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spanish, first and foremost-- it's the dominant language in the Americas.... |
mike_c |
Apr-05-07 09:08 PM |
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I can't argue with that. |
electron_blue |
Apr-05-07 09:13 PM |
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that's because you haven't traveled in most of the rest of this hemisphere.... |
mike_c |
Apr-05-07 09:20 PM |
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So true. I have never been to Mexico or anywhere in South America |
electron_blue |
Apr-05-07 09:34 PM |
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French is useful in Africa, some parts of Asia |
Kali |
Apr-05-07 11:23 PM |
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... |
Ariana Celeste |
Apr-05-07 09:11 PM |
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My kids are learning French and German.... |
Zookeeper |
Apr-05-07 09:22 PM |
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I can see your point. Maybe a less common language will give your kids an edge? |
electron_blue |
Apr-05-07 09:32 PM |
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Yes, I think Chinese would be a good idea, too... |
Zookeeper |
Apr-06-07 08:29 PM |
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Latin. That would solve every English grammar problem alive. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Apr-05-07 09:37 PM |
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How long did you study it? |
electron_blue |
Apr-05-07 09:44 PM |
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I'm in my second year right now. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Apr-05-07 09:59 PM |
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I used to think Spanish |
KitchenWitch |
Apr-05-07 10:00 PM |
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The Black Speech |
YankeyMCC |
Apr-07-07 07:33 PM |
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One major language and one obscure one |
rockymountaindem |
Apr-05-07 10:01 PM |
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Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese...those would be my first picks |
grannylib |
Apr-05-07 10:12 PM |
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The problem is, in Europe |
Art_from_Ark |
Apr-05-07 10:57 PM |
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Good points, but we too live in close proximity to both Spanish and French |
grannylib |
Apr-05-07 11:15 PM |
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You act as if learning more than one would be too much trouble, yet |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Apr-05-07 10:57 PM |
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Thanks for the input! |
electron_blue |
Apr-06-07 06:46 AM |
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If you're near the Twin Cities, check out the thread on the DU gathering |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Apr-06-07 08:50 AM |
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I would have to say Spanish... |
ALiberalSailor |
Apr-05-07 11:14 PM |
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Spanish |
mvd |
Apr-05-07 11:21 PM |
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Chinese |
leftofthedial |
Apr-05-07 11:24 PM |
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I think our kids should at least take an intro course in this |
mvd |
Apr-05-07 11:27 PM |
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I guess Hopi is really a native language . . . |
leftofthedial |
Apr-05-07 11:42 PM |
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Hopi? Whassup with that? I assume you're joking |
electron_blue |
Apr-06-07 06:32 AM |
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Doesn't really matter - we just SHOULD |
Kali |
Apr-05-07 11:25 PM |
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Spainish, and french... |
petersond |
Apr-05-07 11:25 PM |
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Spanish, Arabic, Chinese |
JI7 |
Apr-05-07 11:59 PM |
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I vote for English, too... |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Apr-06-07 12:03 AM |
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I say.... |
LadyAziz |
Apr-06-07 12:13 AM |
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Urdu (nt) |
ih8thegop |
Apr-06-07 12:22 AM |
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The more languages you speak, the more choices you have. |
Heidi |
Apr-06-07 01:27 AM |
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Latin. |
ellisonz |
Apr-06-07 01:45 AM |
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I agree |
in search of sanity |
Apr-06-07 11:29 PM |
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Spanish. |
SeattleGirl |
Apr-06-07 01:48 AM |
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English. |
reyd reid reed |
Apr-06-07 01:49 AM |
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English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese |
NewJeffCT |
Apr-06-07 06:59 AM |
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There is no one language to learn. It's far more important to learn any second language |
Gormy Cuss |
Apr-06-07 08:58 AM |
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Any of them. |
Deep13 |
Apr-06-07 09:14 AM |
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At least one |
Zoigal |
Apr-06-07 12:38 PM |
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I never regretted the Latin, but... |
Deep13 |
Apr-07-07 07:28 PM |
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not foreign,but ASL |
liontamer |
Apr-06-07 12:12 PM |
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Aramaic |
skygazer |
Apr-06-07 12:15 PM |
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Proto-Indo-European |
Anarcho-Socialist |
Apr-06-07 01:41 PM |
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Spanish, definitely Spanish. |
ceile |
Apr-06-07 01:44 PM |
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Klingon |
Crabby Appleton |
Apr-06-07 01:46 PM |
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Spanish should be a must. |
Forkboy |
Apr-06-07 01:58 PM |
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Latin as a base |
dropkickpa |
Apr-06-07 02:10 PM |
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english |
madrchsod |
Apr-06-07 09:32 PM |
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In Chicago, Spanish and Polish... |
sjbech |
Apr-06-07 11:10 PM |
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Diplomacy n/t |
Xipe Totec |
Apr-06-07 11:24 PM |
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Esperanto... |
IntravenousDemilo |
Apr-07-07 12:40 AM |
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Spanish, French, and a few others wouldn't hurt. |
Jamastiene |
Apr-07-07 07:31 PM |
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