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mitch96

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62. "Almost all Europeans can speak at least 3"

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 04:58 PM

Feb 2019

Agreed.. My Mom only had an 8th grade education (Slovak, came here at 6 mos) but spoke 6 languages... She grew up in western PA and spoke Slovak at home, went to a Russian religious school, Was an Au pair in Europe and spoke French and Spanish. Don't remember the other two.. She would curse me out multilingually when I REALLY pissed her off.. Funny as hell..
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How many languages do you speak? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 OP

I'm a hick. sinkingfeeling Feb 2019 #1

Three. English, Spanish and French COLGATE4 Feb 2019 #2

Wow.. impressed. I took five years of French and Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #4

I took four years of French in H.S. and three COLGATE4 Feb 2019 #11

Interesting. You've got two more years than I do. Was 7 enough? Did you follow up? Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #47

Unfortunately I wasn't able to follow up since I wound up COLGATE4 Feb 2019 #70

Duolingo mikeysnot Feb 2019 #34

Thanks! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #46

RS worked for me. In French GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #90

I speak fluent English and passable Northeastern Tennessee Hick. dameatball Feb 2019 #3

Lol. Speak some northeastern Tenn hick for us!!! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #6

Sorry, but I am in SW Virginia this morning .....:) dameatball Feb 2019 #10

'hant gonna do hit. Duppers Feb 2019 #74

English, Spanish and Gibberish jberryhill Feb 2019 #5

Did you learn gibberish from trump? Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #7

No, I use it extensively in my work jberryhill Feb 2019 #9

Oh... a lawyer eh? panader0 Feb 2019 #26

I include it in arbitration clauses jberryhill Feb 2019 #32

English, American Sign Language and hillbilly. Alwaysna Feb 2019 #8

A ton! C, c++, FORTRAN, pascal, modula-2, Java, assembly, sql,.... unblock Feb 2019 #12

Good one! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #48

Excellent. I am truly impressed. BTW, I used to speak COBOL. haha alwaysinasnit Feb 2019 #64

ROFL! Dawson Leery Feb 2019 #77

Cobol, PL/1,REXX,CLIST AJT Feb 2019 #79

Conversationally, just English, Canadian and American, but I am multilingual in profanities Siwsan Feb 2019 #13

You use four letter words in Canadian? dubyadiprecession Feb 2019 #58

Fluently, English and French Dale Neiburg Feb 2019 #14

Oh. My grandparents were from the Ukraine. When my dad was coming out of operation Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #49

My late wife was from Ukraine also. Dale Neiburg Feb 2019 #60

Oh so sorry about you losing your wife DN ! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #66

What do you call a person who speaks three languages? blaze Feb 2019 #15

What do you call a person who can't speak one language correctly? IrishEyes Feb 2019 #39

DUzy!! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #50

English, German. Read French after 5 yrs in HS, college yrs ago bobbieinok Feb 2019 #16

Three. English, music and tomatoes NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #17

Hey man--you should put your book title in your sig. panader0 Feb 2019 #29

Polish and Russian my grandparents were immigrants TEB Feb 2019 #18

Four bluecollar2 Feb 2019 #19

2 & a half, & i still feel inadequate re: my linguistic skills onetexan Feb 2019 #20

Almost all Europeans can speak at least 3 languages FakeNoose Feb 2019 #21

"Almost all Europeans can speak at least 3" mitch96 Feb 2019 #62

English, Android, Windows and Pig Latin. democratisphere Feb 2019 #22

1.5 ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #23

Well that depends... 2naSalit Feb 2019 #24

English, Minnesotan and Cat. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #25

Karl Lagerfeld True Dough Feb 2019 #27

English, Dutch, Doggie, and enough pnwest Feb 2019 #28

I speak gibberish fluently. ret5hd Feb 2019 #30

Does pig-latin count? MissMillie Feb 2019 #31

I've studied lots of them kennetha Feb 2019 #33

English, German, and steadily-improving Spanish. Aristus Feb 2019 #35

English, a decent amount of Spanish, & learning Italian. CaptainTruth Feb 2019 #36

I must be a hick then. I only speak Spanish and English... SKKY Feb 2019 #37

Do Klingon, Ewokese, Elvish, Dothraki and Na'vi Count? IrishEyes Feb 2019 #38

Swedish is incredibly easy if your native language is Engish DFW Feb 2019 #41

Yeah, I studied a little Swedish before I visited there. IrishEyes Feb 2019 #42

WRITTEN Danish is similar DFW Feb 2019 #43

Danish is weird. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #69

Totally impressed IE !!!!! What a cool thing to do! Do you have Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #53

I study on Duolingo every day. IrishEyes Feb 2019 #54

Wow thanks. Going on vacation but will message you when I get back. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #57

Ohh TuxedoKat Feb 2019 #86

I guess I'm not a hick DFW Feb 2019 #40

jasna cholera ! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #52

Ja wiem, ja wiem DFW Feb 2019 #61

Very interesting. I am anxious to learn a new Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #65

If you want an easy task, try Swedish DFW Feb 2019 #67

Spanish and German. kairos12 Feb 2019 #44

A little French and Italian. But I can swear in a number of languages! bif Feb 2019 #45

Three; English, Spanish and Thai DonViejo Feb 2019 #51

Impressed! I was just thinking...if I were truly as multi-lingual Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #55

Two, English and Spanish, so I guess I'm a hick :( lunamagica Feb 2019 #56

Besides English, I can do Japanese (from hearing/translation) sakabatou Feb 2019 #59

English, Music, Italian, Spanish (1/2), German (1/4) and some very vile slavic curse words. fierywoman Feb 2019 #63

Three ailsagirl Feb 2019 #68

Wow. How cool are u Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #71

Not terribly, really ailsagirl Feb 2019 #83

Yiddish, Hebrew, English ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #72

Are you a math wizard? Doesn't that go hand in hand? Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #75

Actually, I am pretty good at math ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #80

I'm a hick. 😁 Duppers Feb 2019 #73

Ni- 二 yuiyoshida Feb 2019 #76

Two. English and french. The french comes back to me when i am immersed. applegrove Feb 2019 #78

3 Dave in VA Feb 2019 #81

3. French, English, and passable German. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #82

English and French beveeheart Feb 2019 #84

English, Some Euskara and Afrikaans. Wolf Frankula Feb 2019 #85

One. madamesilverspurs Feb 2019 #87

I speak 1.111 languages. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2019 #88

I know a little Spanish, Welsh, and American Sign Language. n/t area51 Feb 2019 #89

Two...American English and profanity... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #91