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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:29 PM
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What language is the must learn language for Dems?
Edited on Tue Feb-15-05 06:44 PM by Stop_the_War
Which language should I learn? ( I already speak Spanish)
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:31 PM
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1. French...
knowing that is bound to piss off the neocons. }(
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:36 PM
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2. Haha...very true! n/t
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Anakin Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:37 PM
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4. Yes!
:)
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:49 PM
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12. At the Very Least...
inject French words & phrases into everyday speech around them. Instead of mentioning your work environment, talk about your milieu. Instead of saying that a person has a certain undefinable quality, that person could instead have a certain je ne sais quois.
:evilgrin:
Salut!
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latteromden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:37 PM
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3. I'm terribly biased, but I'd have to say...
Edited on Tue Feb-15-05 06:40 PM by latteromden
Norwegian. ;)

No, honestly, just speaking anything BUT English pisses off Republicans. Ukrainian is fun, and it was especially fun to be able to read all the signs during the election fiasco over there, etc. etc.

By the way, I'm just rambling off random languages. No particular reason for them. (And I can't believe I just called Ukrainian FUN...)

WAIT, what! You should learn Norwegian because then you can communicate with Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, and with a little more work, people from Iceland (what do you call them?!), and Scandinavia is one of the most progressive places on earth (I just tied my language in with an actual reason for liberals to learn it, go me!)
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:40 PM
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5. lol n/t
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:42 PM
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6. classical Latin
so you can read Cicero the way the Founding Fathers read him.
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corbett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:50 PM
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13. Great Point!
I'm sure that the repukes think that Cicero is some Italian entree.
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:46 PM
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7. French or Arabic
Languages to PISS OFF repukes. ;)
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:57 PM
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15. Yeah!
Those two would definitely piss off the repukes! ;)
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:47 PM
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8. Russian - 5th most widely spoken language
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:47 PM
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9. Mexican....
or Canadian !!!!
:hippie:
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TyeDye75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:48 PM
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10. Spanish is a good start
Its not a massive leap to French....

Personally Im trying to Learn Japanese and Manderin Chinese.
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latteromden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:14 PM
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17. This is so random, but because I'm a language freak and speak it
Need any help with Mandarin? :P
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:48 PM
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11. Republicanese
They seem to turn a deaf ear to it now:(
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flobee1kenobi Donating Member (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:56 PM
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14. I've always wanted to learn German
It just sounds cool when it is spoken
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 06:59 PM
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16. American Sign Language - 3rd most widely used in America
behind English and Spanish, of course. Even I didn't know that 'til I ran across it on a Deaf website!

Seriously, far too many Americans with disabilities -- deafness and otherwise -- are drinking the Bush** Kool-Aid. For their loyalty they are being rewarded with draconian budget cuts to housing programs, vocational rehabilitation, and more. More Dems who can sign the truth as well as speak it are needed!
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cire4 Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:16 PM
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18. The 6 official languages of the United Nations....
English
Spanish
French
Russian
Chinese
Arabic

You've already knocked 2 off that list. You can attack French or Russian next. Since you already know Spanish, French would be very easy to learn and wouldn't take too much time to become moderately fluent. Russian and especially Chinese/Arabic would be alot harder to learn.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:19 PM
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19. Chinese
or Arabic--as long as you aren't gay.
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