Aristus
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Mon Dec-03-07 11:34 PM
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| 15. Finnish is a linguistic mystery. |
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Finland borders on Sweden and Russia, but their language is completely un-related to either Swedish or Russian.
Finnish's closest lingual relative is Hungarian. And Hungary is nowhere near Finland.
It's a mystery...
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| -if you had the time, money, energy, patience and capability |
momophile |
Dec-03-07 11:04 PM |
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As many as I can... at least all the Romance languages. |
Writer |
Dec-03-07 11:05 PM |
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languages are beautiful |
momophile |
Dec-03-07 11:07 PM |
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The more unusual ones: |
ocelot |
Dec-03-07 11:09 PM |
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if Finnish is anything like their last names |
momophile |
Dec-03-07 11:12 PM |
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On Finnish start here: |
TroubleMan |
Dec-03-07 11:13 PM |
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... |
ocelot |
Dec-03-07 11:18 PM |
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Oh there's more: |
TroubleMan |
Dec-03-07 11:43 PM |
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Finnish is a linguistic mystery. |
Aristus |
Dec-03-07 11:34 PM |
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I would relearn Japanese, and I would learn Spanish - and then maybe French. |
TroubleMan |
Dec-03-07 11:10 PM |
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I plan on taking some Spanish when my daughter starts |
momophile |
Dec-03-07 11:14 PM |
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My daughter is 21 months, and we have her learning some Spanish words. |
TroubleMan |
Dec-03-07 11:16 PM |
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that's so wonderful |
momophile |
Dec-03-07 11:20 PM |
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My daughter is in a Spanish immersion kindergarten. Her day is |
driver8 |
Dec-03-07 11:51 PM |
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At that age they can pick up languages much more quickly than in later years. |
TroubleMan |
Dec-03-07 11:55 PM |
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When I was a kid, I lived in Panama with my family. (Father career military). |
driver8 |
Dec-04-07 08:07 AM |
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french |
kagehime |
Dec-03-07 11:11 PM |
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I almost minored in French but I was just shy of the credits |
momophile |
Dec-03-07 11:16 PM |
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I tried teaching myself Irish once. I would give it another go, perhaps. |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-03-07 11:12 PM |
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Ancient Greek. |
zingaro |
Dec-03-07 11:32 PM |
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one of my grandpas did that so that he could read |
momophile |
Dec-03-07 11:46 PM |
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Icelandic.. |
Omphaloskepsis |
Dec-03-07 11:37 PM |
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it would be so cool |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 10:08 AM |
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Greek, Latin, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese,French and |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Dec-03-07 11:37 PM |
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that's quite a list! |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:24 AM |
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Nihongo da |
sakabatou |
Dec-03-07 11:37 PM |
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Thai, so I could know when my MIL is bad mouthing me. |
KitchenWitch |
Dec-03-07 11:41 PM |
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I'd like to know another language so I could bad |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:25 AM |
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I could learn Spanish for that! |
KitchenWitch |
Dec-04-07 07:01 PM |
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To start |
mutley_r_us |
Dec-03-07 11:54 PM |
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Japanese would be cool to know |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:27 AM |
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Initially, French and German |
Flaxbee |
Dec-03-07 11:59 PM |
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I too started French in jr. high |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:32 AM |
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Latin and Klingon :-P |
Connonym |
Dec-04-07 12:08 AM |
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Latin would be useful |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:35 AM |
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Norwegian |
bluethruandthru |
Dec-04-07 08:10 AM |
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I like how the Scandinavian languages sound |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:36 AM |
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Mandarin Chinese |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Dec-04-07 08:22 AM |
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ooooohhhhh |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:38 AM |
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Cantonese and/or Mandarin |
_testify_ |
Dec-04-07 08:23 AM |
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you've got that right! |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:41 AM |
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It takes hard work and patience but not a lot of money |
DaveTheWave |
Dec-04-07 08:28 AM |
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I wish there would have been DVDs when I studied French |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:44 AM |
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From this point on we're just learning how to be fluent.... |
DaveTheWave |
Dec-04-07 09:56 AM |
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Chinese languages |
GirlinContempt |
Dec-04-07 08:30 AM |
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that's great! |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:46 AM |
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I may, someday. |
GirlinContempt |
Dec-04-07 10:23 AM |
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Farsi |
kentauros |
Dec-04-07 08:38 AM |
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I need to look up rosettastone.com - I've heard the commercials |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:49 AM |
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I think Houston has at least two Persian restaurants |
kentauros |
Dec-04-07 09:53 AM |
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I really should get conversational in Spanish |
av8rdave |
Dec-04-07 09:28 AM |
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Spanish makes the most sense for me too |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:56 AM |
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Gaelic |
Rambis |
Dec-04-07 09:28 AM |
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Gaelic is a popular answer |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 10:05 AM |
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None |
Coyote_Bandit |
Dec-04-07 09:40 AM |
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that's why I put 'capability' in the OP |
momophile |
Dec-04-07 09:53 AM |
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I have a friend that moved to another country |
Coyote_Bandit |
Dec-04-07 10:14 AM |
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Russian |
skygazer |
Dec-04-07 10:17 AM |
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Catalán |
no name no slogan |
Dec-04-07 10:27 AM |
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