Do you speak other languages besides English

[Unkotare]

It was resurrected by the church centuries after the spoken language died out

And even then, I doubt many in the Vatican spoke Latin in their day to day conversations with one another. It was solely used for religious ceremonies and as linguia Franca for academic writings

And I believe French rather quickly replaced Latin as the lingua Franca for academic types across Europe

No one knows what true native Latin actually sounded like because of course no recording possibly exists

It's even worse than that.

 

[Zebra]

Ek het vir tien jaar aan en af in suid-afrika gewoon.

I'm not great at spelling it.

Or Spanish either for that matter.

Hey, I'm a bilingual illiterate!

Now seven of sixteen say Spanish

 

[Zebra]

It was resurrected by the church centuries after the spoken language died out

And even then, I doubt many in the Vatican spoke Latin in their day to day conversations with one another. It was solely used for religious ceremonies and as linguia Franca for academic writings

And I believe French rather quickly replaced Latin as the lingua Franca for academic types across Europe

No one knows what true native Latin actually sounded like because of course no recording possibly exists

One can tell by comparing loan words

 

[Zebra]

Caesar was Pronounced Ka.esar …. hence the German Kaiser

 

[WorldWatcher]

Used to hang with Visual Basic and C++.

But that was a long time ago, mostly now is Structured Query Language (SQL) which my co-workers refer to as "Squirrel".

I did learn enough Japanese to order a beer and ask where the head was.

WW

 

[Concerned American]

Now seven of sixteen say Spanish

Didn't see Esperanto

 

[Zebra]

Didn't see Esperanto

It is under …. Other

 

[Crepitus]

Now seven of sixteen say Spanish

It'[s the most common second language here ion the US.

 

[Unkotare]

It'[s the most common second language here ion the US.

Ah, but what is the most commonly studied language in the US after English?

 

[Crepitus]

Ah, but what is the most commonly studied language in the US after English?

Enlighten me.

 

[Unkotare]

Enlighten me.

Hint: You don't really need to speak it, per se.

 

[Crepitus]

Hint: You don't really need to speak it, per se.

No idea, and if you don't wanna tell me it doesn't matter since I really don't care anyway.

Bye.

 

[braalian]

Hint: You don't really need to speak it, per se.

Sign Language?

 

[Unkotare]

No idea...

Seriously? With that hint?

 

[Unkotare]

Sign Language?

 

[BackAgain]

N eed. Not befluent …

i speak German, French, some Italian, Spanish, and Russian

According to quite a few USMB liberal members, who regularly post here a lot, it turns out that I am fluent in “Babble.”

 

[Captain Caveman]

N eed. Not befluent …

i speak German, French, some Italian, Spanish, and Russian

Judging from your op, I can see why you omitted English.

 

[Zebra]

N eed. Not befluent …

need not be fluent ...

 

[Zebra]

Er hat keine Tassen in seinem Schrank. Du spinsst!

you mean ...

Du hast nicht alle Tassen im Schrank .... Du spinnst ...

 

[Unkotare]

need not be fluent ...

Apparently.