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Which is Your Native Language?

English
84
77%
Italian
1
1%
Spanish
5
5%
Japanese
2
2%
Chinese
2
2%
French
3
3%
German
8
7%
Middle Eastern Language
1
1%
Sub-Saharan Language
0
No votes
Newspeak
3
3%
 
Total votes : 109

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EVIL BEYOND COMPARE
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby EVIL BEYOND COMPARE » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:21 pm

i'm american, but i'm taking spanish in school. my family is italian, so with luck in the future i will be trilingual

obama is evil :evil: :twisted: :evil:

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Mad hatters in jeans
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Mad hatters in jeans » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:27 pm

Big Jim P wrote:
Mad hatters in jeans wrote:
Big Jim P wrote:Other than American English, I am quite fluent in Gibberish.

my gibberish skills are legendary...i challenge you to a duel...do you accept?


Not being a legend, I believe I'll pass.

:(
ain't noone wants to duel around here.

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Trippoli
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Trippoli » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:29 pm

EVIL BEYOND COMPARE wrote:i'm american, but i'm taking spanish in school. my family is italian, so with luck in the future i will be trilingual

obama is evil :evil: :twisted: :evil:


Whats Obama got to do with this?
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Milks Empire
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Milks Empire » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:32 pm

Trippoli wrote:
EVIL BEYOND COMPARE wrote:i'm american, but i'm taking spanish in school. my family is italian, so with luck in the future i will be trilingual
obama is evil :evil: :twisted: :evil:

Whats Obama got to do with this?

You beat me to the question, but here's my thought on it...
The lunatics to the right pass up no chance to drag him into this. I never passed up the chance to make a joke at Bush's expense, but he just made it so damn easy. :p

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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Tunizcha » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:49 pm

Trippoli wrote:
EVIL BEYOND COMPARE wrote:i'm american, but i'm taking spanish in school. my family is italian, so with luck in the future i will be trilingual

obama is evil :evil: :twisted: :evil:


Whats Obama got to do with this?


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KaIashnikov
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby KaIashnikov » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:34 pm

English, French, Spanish....and I picked up some Arabic when I was in Iraq. استسلام
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Mad hatters in jeans
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Mad hatters in jeans » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:38 pm

KaIashnikov wrote:English, French, Spanish....and I picked up some Arabic when I was in Iraq. استسلام

you were in Iraq? tell me more. :blink:

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Milks Empire
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Milks Empire » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:40 pm

KaIashnikov wrote:استسلام

Why write the surrender?

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Polythinia
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Polythinia » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:45 pm

My mother tongue is Sichuan Chinese dialect. I speak Canadian English, Chinese, French and German.

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Osun State
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Osun State » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:47 pm

I speak Yoruba and English.

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KaIashnikov
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby KaIashnikov » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:51 pm

Well all of Iraq smells like a latrine, mostly because the cities doesn't have sewers. Some people shoot at you, other praise you. Even some praise you then shoot at you. But more often they plant an IED then scour in there mother's home until the see a U.S. Vehicle. So we go in the house, break some shit the mother gives up her own son. He tends to run away, We chase then stop. We let him go, because if we go on a wild goose chase we get shot at by his friends. More vehicles come, they get hit by IEDs. Etc. Over and over again. That was on my first tour 3 years back, my second tour was nice enough. Sitting on base, talking with Iraqi Patrols, going back to base. Now the Third tour is going to be new experience, Afghanistan.
So your an Anti-war and terrorist organization. Sorta like 'Green Al-Qaeda'?
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Mad hatters in jeans
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Mad hatters in jeans » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:54 pm

KaIashnikov wrote:Well all of Iraq smells like a latrine, mostly because the cities doesn't have sewers. Some people shoot at you, other praise you. Even some praise you then shoot at you. But more often they plant an IED then scour in there mother's home until the see a U.S. Vehicle. So we go in the house, break some shit the mother gives up her own son. He tends to run away, We chase then stop. We let him go, because if we go on a wild goose chase we get shot at by his friends. More vehicles come, they get hit by IEDs. Etc. Over and over again. That was on my first tour 3 years back, my second tour was nice enough. Sitting on base, talking with Iraqi Patrols, going back to base. Now the Third tour is going to be new experience, Afghanistan.

i'm going to take a wild guess, you're a soldier right?
I hear Afghanistan will me alot worse because it's closer to borders with Pakistan, in which lies many more Taliban.

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Tsa-la-gi Nation
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Tsa-la-gi Nation » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:54 pm

Do you know what is the most spoken foreign language in north america? .... English. If you're interested in studying a language & you live in the americas, why not help preserve history & culture & study a native language?

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Allbeama
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Allbeama » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:56 pm

Soviet Taoistan wrote:Native English speaker with a northern California accent. A years worth of Spanish and Japanese. Hopefully starting Arabic and Hebrew soon.

Too many languages, too little time.

Allbeama wrote:I speak english for my native tongue( the American kind of course). I took Latin in High School and would like a refresher in the future because its been like 3 years of atrophy in my studies of the Mother Tongue.


I just got back from Japan and atrophy had done the same to my Japanese. I was able to say hello, order food, say it was delicious, and say good bye. This made for a lot of good meals but little other direct interation until I remembered all I had forgotten.


At least I don't have to worry about Romans criticizing my rudimentary knowledge of Latin. Seeing as how they aren't around anymore....
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Allbeama » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:57 pm

Tsa-la-gi Nation wrote:Do you know what is the most spoken foreign language in north america? .... English. If you're interested in studying a language & you live in the americas, why not help preserve history & culture & study a native language?


Because to preserve my history I would have to speak Gaelic, German, Dutch, and English. I guess 1 out of 4 ain't bad ;)
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Trippoli » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:59 pm

Tsa-la-gi Nation wrote:Do you know what is the most spoken foreign language in north america? English!


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Man of the Eastern Shore
ARMY STRONG

[b]Economic Left
/Right: -7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.82 [/b]
COOL Political Compass Graph!
I LOVE RUSSIAN REVERSAL!
Social Liberalism
79%
Socialist
79%
Libertarianism
63%
Totalitarianism
63%
Independance
46%
Democracy
46%
Anarchism
42%
Social Conservatism
33%
Capitalist
33%
Monarchy
29%

Panzerjaeger wrote:One small stroke for man, One Giant Orgasm for Mankind!

North Wiedna wrote:
Chrobalta wrote:Poll Dancing.

oh yea, look at those politicians work those polls.

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Milks Empire
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Milks Empire » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:59 pm

Tsa-la-gi Nation wrote:Do you know what is the most spoken foreign language in north america? .... English. If you're interested in studying a language & you live in the americas, why not help preserve history & culture & study a native language?

You know a good school that teaches Kanien’kéha in the Central New York region?

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Tsa-la-gi Nation
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Tsa-la-gi Nation » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:03 pm

Allbeama wrote:
Tsa-la-gi Nation wrote:Do you know what is the most spoken foreign language in north america? .... English. If you're interested in studying a language & you live in the americas, why not help preserve history & culture & study a native language?


Because to preserve my history I would have to speak Gaelic, German, Dutch, and English. I guess 1 out of 4 ain't bad ;)


You help prove my point, there is nothing native about english to america. english is native to brittian. english in america is a conquering language. (i hope i posted this correctly :-)

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KaIashnikov
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby KaIashnikov » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:07 pm

Mad hatters in jeans wrote:i'm going to take a wild guess, you're a soldier right?
I hear Afghanistan will me alot worse because it's closer to borders with Pakistan, in which lies many more Taliban.


Well, to be technically correct I'm a Marine.
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So your an Anti-war and terrorist organization. Sorta like 'Green Al-Qaeda'?
Death is a gift given at birth and delivered from the end of my rifle.
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Mad hatters in jeans » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:08 pm

KaIashnikov wrote:
Mad hatters in jeans wrote:i'm going to take a wild guess, you're a soldier right?
I hear Afghanistan will me alot worse because it's closer to borders with Pakistan, in which lies many more Taliban.


Well, to be technically correct I'm a Marine.

same thing, just slightly more glorified.

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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby KaIashnikov » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:09 pm

Mad hatters in jeans wrote:
KaIashnikov wrote:
Mad hatters in jeans wrote:i'm going to take a wild guess, you're a soldier right?
I hear Afghanistan will me alot worse because it's closer to borders with Pakistan, in which lies many more Taliban.


Well, to be technically correct I'm a Marine.

same thing, just slightly more glorified.


Indeed :)
So your an Anti-war and terrorist organization. Sorta like 'Green Al-Qaeda'?
Death is a gift given at birth and delivered from the end of my rifle.
Enlist today! U.S. Marines U.S. Navy U.S. Army U.S. Air force U.S. National Guard U.S. Coast Guard
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Tsa-la-gi Nation
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Tsa-la-gi Nation » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:23 pm

Milks Empire wrote:
Tsa-la-gi Nation wrote:Do you know what is the most spoken foreign language in north america? .... English. If you're interested in studying a language & you live in the americas, why not help preserve history & culture & study a native language?

You know a good school that teaches Kanien’kéha in the Central New York region?

No, but I bet you can find an ebonics school in ny

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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Tsa-la-gi Nation » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:24 pm

Milks Empire wrote:
Tsa-la-gi Nation wrote:Do you know what is the most spoken foreign language in north america? .... English. If you're interested in studying a language & you live in the americas, why not help preserve history & culture & study a native language?

You know a good school that teaches Kanien’kéha in the Central New York region?

No, but I bet you can find an ebonics school in ny

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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Dumb Ideologies » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:27 pm

KaIashnikov wrote:
Mad hatters in jeans wrote:i'm going to take a wild guess, you're a soldier right?
I hear Afghanistan will me alot worse because it's closer to borders with Pakistan, in which lies many more Taliban.


Well, to be technically correct I'm a Marine.


Water way to go.
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Re: What Language Do You Take, Or Know?

Postby Takaram » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:28 pm

Taking Latin

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