toldailytopic: What languages do you speak?
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Lon
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Wait...I'm the only one in here who said Greek. Dang you John. We are boxin' again
Thunder's Muse
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Uh, well...English (some days are better than others :chuckle: ). In High School, I studied Indonesian and became quite fluent. Of course, that was a really long time ago and so have forgotten most of it.
Fluently: American English
The second language I know the most is Spanish. My dad took it in college and taught me some, so I took a year in high school.
I know how to say, "hello," and "goodbye," in a few different languages: Japanese, Hebrew, Hawaiian. And I can also say, "hello," in Chinese. I also know a few other words in Japanese, and ancient Hebrew and a few words in ancient Greek. Some of those may also be the same in the modern languages. I also know a little Yiddish.
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Latin and Spanish through HS and undergrad work, but horribly rusty on both after over a couple of decades of little use. Easier to read than to conjugate these days...a little English, smattering of French and Italian, mostly tourist phrases and rough outlines.
And, of course, I speak serious funk, which is the language of love. :guitar:
And, of course, I speak serious funk, which is the language of love. :guitar:
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Read/translate:
Ecclesial Latin
Biblical Greek
Biblical Hebrew
Speak:
Spanish (too rusty since high school to read anything substantive)
Japanese (Army Language School (DLI) trained: used to read at the Japanese high school level, but that was over 30 years ago)
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Ecclesial Latin
Biblical Greek
Biblical Hebrew
Speak:
Spanish (too rusty since high school to read anything substantive)
Japanese (Army Language School (DLI) trained: used to read at the Japanese high school level, but that was over 30 years ago)
AMR
I remember a little Spanish from High School.
I learned to converse in Italian when I lived in Sicily for two years, but that's been forty years ago.
I know lots of Greek words, and can read words from the Greek text, though I don't always know what the words mean without looking them up.
I know lots of Hebrew words and can recite some Hebrew prayers and blessings, though when I've listened to Israelis converse, I can only recognize a word here and there.
I know southern drawl, but can move from that to uptown proper English instantly and no one would know that I was born and raised in Tennessee.
I can put on a pretty good British accent, tricking locals in the South USA, but not likely convincing to true Brits.
I learned to converse in Italian when I lived in Sicily for two years, but that's been forty years ago.
I know lots of Greek words, and can read words from the Greek text, though I don't always know what the words mean without looking them up.
I know lots of Hebrew words and can recite some Hebrew prayers and blessings, though when I've listened to Israelis converse, I can only recognize a word here and there.
I know southern drawl, but can move from that to uptown proper English instantly and no one would know that I was born and raised in Tennessee.
I can put on a pretty good British accent, tricking locals in the South USA, but not likely convincing to true Brits.
Lon
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I can read literally any language in the world, as long as it's written in English.
I have been studying ebonics for years. I still struggle with it.
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Homie say wah?
I think it just comes from being a school teacher, but I think I'm with you and Knight. Knight, because it is ever changin'. You, because Barbara Billingsly puts us to shame.