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Laura PourMeADrink

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66. Oh so sorry about you losing your wife DN !

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 05:40 PM

Feb 2019

I would give just about anything to see my grandparents
Again and to ask them more about their life there. And what the trip to Ellis island was like. You don't think of these things when you are very young.

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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