Title: Any linguists on here?
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 04, 2010, 08:41:38 PM
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 04, 2010, 08:41:38 PM
Just seeing if anyone else here is keen on learning languages as I am. I'm currently learning Swedish, Kazakh, Serbian, Portuguese and Japanese. English is my second language after French, so apologies if I make mistakes.
All together I speak some 14 languages, and understand another 10.
Anyone else?
All together I speak some 14 languages, and understand another 10.
Anyone else?
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: DropLogic on November 04, 2010, 09:01:20 PM
Post by: DropLogic on November 04, 2010, 09:01:20 PM
http://translate.google.com/#
That's a very useful skill. What kind of work do you do?
My dad also has a knack for language. Sadly I did not inherit his ability. He fluently speaks Latin, Madarin, Cantonese, Japanese, French, English and can converse in Norwegian and Italian.
That's a very useful skill. What kind of work do you do?
My dad also has a knack for language. Sadly I did not inherit his ability. He fluently speaks Latin, Madarin, Cantonese, Japanese, French, English and can converse in Norwegian and Italian.
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 04, 2010, 09:15:10 PM
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 04, 2010, 09:15:10 PM
Quote from: "DropLogic"http://translate.google.com/#
That's a very useful skill. What kind of work do you do?
My dad also has a knack for language. Sadly I did not inherit his ability. He fluently speaks Latin, Madarin, Cantonese, Japanese, French, English and can converse in Norwegian and Italian.
It is also an annoying and kind of scary skill to have. I went on holiday once to Italy and within 4 days I didn't have to speak a word of English to any Italian person.
I generally don't have much of a chance to converse with native speakers of any of my languages around here though. I do help out with written translations of documents and also of websites though, as well as writing songs in French and Serbian.
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: DropLogic on November 04, 2010, 10:33:18 PM
Post by: DropLogic on November 04, 2010, 10:33:18 PM
Quote from: "ElizabethPeart"Uh..You should work for the government, or some multi-national corporation. May as well get rich using that skill.Quote from: "DropLogic"http://translate.google.com/#
That's a very useful skill. What kind of work do you do?
My dad also has a knack for language. Sadly I did not inherit his ability. He fluently speaks Latin, Madarin, Cantonese, Japanese, French, English and can converse in Norwegian and Italian.
It is also an annoying and kind of scary skill to have. I went on holiday once to Italy and within 4 days I didn't have to speak a word of English to any Italian person.
I generally don't have much of a chance to converse with native speakers of any of my languages around here though. I do help out with written translations of documents and also of websites though, as well as writing songs in French and Serbian.
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: Tank on November 04, 2010, 10:45:02 PM
Post by: Tank on November 04, 2010, 10:45:02 PM
Quote from: "ElizabethPeart"Can you speak Geordie?Quote from: "DropLogic"http://translate.google.com/#
That's a very useful skill. What kind of work do you do?
My dad also has a knack for language. Sadly I did not inherit his ability. He fluently speaks Latin, Madarin, Cantonese, Japanese, French, English and can converse in Norwegian and Italian.
It is also an annoying and kind of scary skill to have. I went on holiday once to Italy and within 4 days I didn't have to speak a word of English to any Italian person.
I generally don't have much of a chance to converse with native speakers of any of my languages around here though. I do help out with written translations of documents and also of websites though, as well as writing songs in French and Serbian.
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: D0NTst0pBELlEViN on November 06, 2010, 07:50:01 AM
Post by: D0NTst0pBELlEViN on November 06, 2010, 07:50:01 AM
Quote from: "ElizabethPeart"Just seeing if anyone else here is keen on learning languages as I am. I'm currently learning Swedish, Kazakh, Serbian, Portuguese and Japanese. English is my second language after French, so apologies if I make mistakes.
All together I speak some 14 languages, and understand another 10.
Anyone else?
I am studying sign language right now. I have been for 10 years and I have an awesome linguistics class. I love learning other languages. I also know Arabic, English and some Spanish. But I am only fluent in English and Sign Language
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: MrsV on November 06, 2010, 09:40:22 AM
Post by: MrsV on November 06, 2010, 09:40:22 AM
I wish I could speak other languages - I speak a little French and a little German but just don't seem to have the knack. Its a shame because there are so many languages spoken at my office - I work on an English language only program but my manager is Sicillian - so we are teaching him Geordie....
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: Sophus on November 06, 2010, 09:38:41 PM
Post by: Sophus on November 06, 2010, 09:38:41 PM
Don't rely on 
translate or Babel Fish. They're really not that good.
translate or Babel Fish. They're really not that good.
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 07, 2010, 11:14:35 PM
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 07, 2010, 11:14:35 PM
Quote from: "Sophus"Don't rely on Google Translate thanks to my old French teacher, who drummed it into our heads that we shouldn't use online translations.
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: tunghaichuan on November 07, 2010, 11:22:16 PM
Post by: tunghaichuan on November 07, 2010, 11:22:16 PM
When I was in high school, I took Latin for the first three years. My senior year I wanted to do something different so I took Spanish.
When I was in college, I continued my Spanish studies, added a few linguistics classes and then went on to Russian.
I never really learned any language well enough to speak it. I was always more interested in the underlying structure and mechanics than communicating with language. I really envy those who can learn languages well enough to speak them.
When I was in college, I continued my Spanish studies, added a few linguistics classes and then went on to Russian.
I never really learned any language well enough to speak it. I was always more interested in the underlying structure and mechanics than communicating with language. I really envy those who can learn languages well enough to speak them.
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: KDbeads on November 08, 2010, 04:18:27 AM
Post by: KDbeads on November 08, 2010, 04:18:27 AM
I understand dog, cat, chicken, and mumble (I grew up/live with deaf people).... does that count? Cause honestly, languages are really really difficult for me. I can have a full on conversation with my dane and bassets without uttering a sound but still don't get spanish even though I took 2 years of it and live where nearly everyone can and does speak it. 
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: curiosityandthecat on November 08, 2010, 02:33:26 PM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on November 08, 2010, 02:33:26 PM
Well, I am rather cunning...
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: tunghaichuan on November 08, 2010, 03:18:30 PM
Post by: tunghaichuan on November 08, 2010, 03:18:30 PM
Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Well, I am rather cunning...
Linguist?
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: Tank on November 08, 2010, 04:02:02 PM
Post by: Tank on November 08, 2010, 04:02:02 PM
Quote from: "tunghaichuan"Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Well, I am rather cunning...
Linguist? :sigh:
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: curiosityandthecat on November 08, 2010, 07:23:42 PM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on November 08, 2010, 07:23:42 PM
Quote from: "Tank"Quote from: "tunghaichuan"Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Well, I am rather cunning...
Linguist? :sigh:
Frankly, I was amazed no one had said it yet.
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: Tank on November 08, 2010, 07:51:28 PM
Post by: Tank on November 08, 2010, 07:51:28 PM
Quote from: "Tank"Quote from: "tunghaichuan"Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Well, I am rather cunning...
Linguist? :sigh:Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Frankly, I was amazed no one had said it yet. :D
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 08, 2010, 10:39:26 PM
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 08, 2010, 10:39:26 PM
Quote from: "tunghaichuan"When I was in high school, I took Latin for the first three years. My senior year I wanted to do something different so I took Spanish.
When I was in college, I continued my Spanish studies, added a few linguistics classes and then went on to Russian.
I never really learned any language well enough to speak it. I was always more interested in the underlying structure and mechanics than communicating with language. I really envy those who can learn languages well enough to speak them. :blush:
EDIT: Just noticed you're in Colorado. Win.
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 09, 2010, 06:33:48 PM
Post by: ElizabethPeart on November 09, 2010, 06:33:48 PM
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Finally learnt to type in Japanese...
Finally learnt to type in Japanese...
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: Tank on November 09, 2010, 06:40:24 PM
Post by: Tank on November 09, 2010, 06:40:24 PM
Quote from: "ElizabethPeart"ç§ã«ã,日本人ã®ãŒã™ã'ã,,ã§ã™ã€,
Finally learnt to type in Japanese...
Wonderful!
Title: Re: Any linguists on here?
Post by: tunghaichuan on November 09, 2010, 06:55:59 PM
Post by: tunghaichuan on November 09, 2010, 06:55:59 PM
Quote from: "ElizabethPeart"Quote from: "tunghaichuan"When I was in high school, I took Latin for the first three years. My senior year I wanted to do something different so I took Spanish.
When I was in college, I continued my Spanish studies, added a few linguistics classes and then went on to Russian.
I never really learned any language well enough to speak it. I was always more interested in the underlying structure and mechanics than communicating with language. I really envy those who can learn languages well enough to speak them. :blush:
EDIT: Just noticed you're in Colorado. Win.
Wow. I'm very flattered. ;)
From another post you written, it sounds like you were born in 1988. I graduated from college in 1989. :blush: