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46. If you count profanity, then two along with English...

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How many languages can you speak? [View all] Paula Sims Feb 2017 OP

English, some German, and some Yiddish (thank you Bubbe) Still In Wisconsin Feb 2017 #1

Well i speak drray23 Feb 2017 #2

Speak and read basic German fairly well and also French from studies. appalachiablue Feb 2017 #3

Does Gibberish count? nt pkdu Feb 2017 #4

Sure, Doc_Technical Feb 2017 #39

I know some Merican and a little Mezkin. :) n/t brewens Feb 2017 #5

I've read a lot and picked up pieces of several languages neeksgeek Feb 2017 #6

Fluent English, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #7

A little English doc03 Feb 2017 #8

French, Latin, Old and Middle English, Old French, German (a bit of reading comp) anneboleyn Feb 2017 #9

English, plus... Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #10

PLC and Fortran LeftInTX Feb 2017 #36

I sometimes hear English as a foreign language if I'm not in "listening" mode. hunter Feb 2017 #44

Very nice. :-) Didn't mean to imply Java is dead, I'm guessing that was a bad edit of sentence order Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #62

To my regret, only English. 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #11

Sadly, English only Best_man23 Feb 2017 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author AngryAmish Feb 2017 #12

My Spanish pronunciation, which is pretty good, interfered with my ability to properly tblue37 Feb 2017 #13

Interesting explanation. beveeheart Feb 2017 #31

You do realize the only ones responding are those that speak more than English. Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #14

Oh well, I speak english as my birth language and some Spanish. Just enough Spanish for farm work an Jim Beard Feb 2017 #32

Several, none of them fluent any more Daemonaquila Feb 2017 #15

A little of sagetea Feb 2017 #16

That is very interesting. Behind the Aegis Feb 2017 #50

If you count english.. denbot Feb 2017 #17

Ibif yibu ciban ibundiberstiband thibis thiban montana_hazeleyes Feb 2017 #18

A few ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #19

Fluent in Farsi Texasgal Feb 2017 #21

Hope you are well.... msanthrope Feb 2017 #25

I'll send you a PM. Texasgal Feb 2017 #38

I now you did....wanted do to reach out then and then realized msanthrope Feb 2017 #40

It's complicated..... msanthrope Feb 2017 #22

English and Redneck... ret5hd Feb 2017 #23

.. msanthrope Feb 2017 #26

Don't pay me no nevermind. ret5hd Feb 2017 #27

My native German dialect, 'high' German, English, conv. French, conv. Italian Blaukraut Feb 2017 #24

I wish I knew more - great respect for multi-linguals bhikkhu Feb 2017 #28

My native language is German gopiscrap Feb 2017 #29

English, mindem Feb 2017 #30

Some Norweigian, some Italian, some Spanish some French. Fluent in Pig Latin. WillowTree Feb 2017 #33

Just 2 MedusaX Feb 2017 #34

I can ask for a beer in about a dozen languages Retrograde Feb 2017 #35

English ( properly to ) Doreen Feb 2017 #37

Only two. Tatiana Feb 2017 #41

English LeftInTX Feb 2017 #42

English meadowlander Feb 2017 #43

English, plus I studied the following but can't remember enough of any.. spooky3 Feb 2017 #45

If you count profanity, then two along with English... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #46

Three - English, Spanish, and Trumpish Lucinda Feb 2017 #47

Impressive list. Behind the Aegis Feb 2017 #48

British English and American English Spider Jerusalem Feb 2017 #49

1.5 2naSalit Feb 2017 #51

In addition to English Lotusflower70 Feb 2017 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author pablo_marmol Feb 2017 #53

Thai, my Greek and Hebrew have faded away. grantcart Feb 2017 #54

English and Famlish Afromania Feb 2017 #55

Me ?Barely speak English MFM008 Feb 2017 #56

Do Snark and Latin count? :-D nt WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #57

One language speaker here. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #58

1.6 Languages ProfessorGAC Feb 2017 #59

As someone upthread commented, it's complicated........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2017 #60

Speak three... a la izquierda Feb 2017 #61