Author Topic: What languages do you speak? (Read 1669 times)

Windsor · « **on:** December 16, 2011, 12:53:35 PM »

What languages do you speak? You may select several options provided you speak them...

Macrobug · « **Reply #1 on:** December 16, 2011, 04:29:39 PM »

English at times

I can babble a bit in Arabic, French and Oji-Cree. I can read a fair amount of French.

cinrit · « **Reply #2 on:** December 16, 2011, 05:44:24 PM »

English and gobble-de-gook. I can read a bit of French, but can't speak it, and I used to speak Spanish fluently. But, as they say, use it or lose it. I lost most of the Spanish.

Cindy

Jenee · « **Reply #3 on:** December 16, 2011, 06:13:08 PM »

English

Lothwen · « **Reply #4 on:** December 16, 2011, 06:22:55 PM »

I speak English fluently, and know some words in Spanish, French, German and ASL.

Jenee · « **Reply #5 on:** December 16, 2011, 06:30:11 PM »

Ah, I also know a tiny bit of ASL... I can fingerspell, and I took a semester long class ages ago and remember a few signs. Not much to go on though!

Lothwen · « **Reply #6 on:** December 16, 2011, 06:32:16 PM »

^I know the sign for "bathroom" can fingerspell the alphabet, and can count to 10. HA!

Macrobug · « **Reply #7 on:** December 16, 2011, 06:35:08 PM »

I know "airplane", "lady", "mister", "sleep" and "eat" and remember about 24/26 letters. It has been over 20 years since I used ASL. It's gone, gone, gone.....

Lindelle · « **Reply #8 on:** December 16, 2011, 07:33:25 PM »

I speak English.

But I'm best known for my special language designed especially for the four men who have lived in my presence for the past 26 years.
It takes a special skill to decipher it and only the mere males in my home understand it.

It has sign language to go with it like as follows

wannable · « **Reply #9 on:** December 16, 2011, 09:35:24 PM »

Fluent in English and Spanish, so and so in French.

Scarlet Flowers · « **Reply #10 on:** December 16, 2011, 10:44:58 PM »

I speak fluently in English and know a little bit of Spanish.

WOW · « **Reply #11 on:** December 16, 2011, 10:52:09 PM »

I know English and Lindellese

Lothwen · « **Reply #12 on:** December 16, 2011, 11:47:34 PM »

^WOW, could you teach me Lindellese? Better yet, you should set up a class for it, where we all pay you in bribes to teach us how to speak that exclusive language?

WOW · « **Reply #13 on:** December 17, 2011, 01:27:39 AM »

Oh yes, great idea!! Why didn't i think of that earlier

I'm running to the Lindellite thread to start my preparations

Lothwen · « **Reply #14 on:** December 17, 2011, 01:30:51 AM »

And I'll be there with bribes.

memememe · « **Reply #15 on:** December 17, 2011, 02:20:00 AM »

English but a bit of Strine at times as well (colloquial Australian)

Scarlet Flowers · « **Reply #16 on:** December 17, 2011, 03:22:51 PM »

Colloquial Australian sounds interesting. Is that a local or continental dialect?

Lindelle · « **Reply #17 on:** December 17, 2011, 07:35:38 PM »

I speak Strine as well memememe, but don't all Australians?

SF, strine in easy terms is trying to decipher how us Aussies speak.
I remember there was a thread somewhere here when i was writing phrases as we would SAY them like
'avagooweegen' means 'have a good weekend'

here's a short sample
http://users.tpg.com.au/users/bev2000/strine2.htm

cinrit · « **Reply #18 on:** December 17, 2011, 08:24:42 PM »

^^ Cajun-speak is something like that. "Jeet?" = "Did you eat?"

Cindy

WOW · « **Reply #19 on:** December 18, 2011, 01:00:34 AM »

Look Lindelle doesn't even speak her own language "Lindellese". Looks like I'm going to have to teach the Lindellites all by myself

Lindelle · « **Reply #20 on:** December 18, 2011, 01:11:58 AM »

Quote from: cinrit on December 17, 2011, 08:24:42 PM

^^ Cajun-speak is something like that. "Jeet?" = "Did you eat?"

Cindy

YES!

Quote from: WOW on December 18, 2011, 01:00:34 AM

Look Lindelle doesn't even speak her own language "Lindellese". Looks like I'm going to have to teach the Lindellites all by myself

They do say I speak rather posh.

Scarlet Flowers · « **Reply #21 on:** December 18, 2011, 11:50:12 AM »

Quote from: cinrit on December 17, 2011, 08:24:42 PM

^^ Cajun-speak is something like that. "Jeet?" = "Did you eat?"

Cindy

It appears to be a shortened version. It may take some time getting used to.

cinrit · « **Reply #22 on:** December 18, 2011, 12:05:26 PM »

^^ Yep, that's exactly what it is. I don't understand most of it. Well, I don't even understand Cajun accents much, so no big surprise.

Cindy

Scarlet Flowers · « **Reply #23 on:** December 18, 2011, 12:26:23 PM »

Is it the French or Spanish accent that isn't understandable?

cinrit · « **Reply #24 on:** December 18, 2011, 01:00:46 PM »

Cajun language is French, but not the same French as you'd hear in France. They're similar, but not the same. Strangely enough, I can understand French accents, but not Cajun accents.

Cindy

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