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LOL - you could be right Erith Send a noteboard - 22/12/2009 02:41:57 AM
Meaning, if I were suddenly snatched up and carried off to Germany I could get by with basic conversation. I also can recite several poems, not that it's ANY help whatsoever. Pretty sure Germans would just blink in surprise at some crazy American giving them an impromptu rendition of "Die Lorelei."


That could be your thing!


Yeah, I can see it now:

ME:
"Guten tag! *ahem*
Ich weiss nicht,
Was soll es bedeuten,
Das ich so traurig bin,
Ein Marchen aus alten Zeiten
Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn!"

GERMAN CITIZEN:
*blink* Entschuldigung?

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OK linguaphiles and intelligentsia of RAFO, which language should I learn? Ouranid - 20/12/2009 05:25:54 PM 1201 Views
Learn Spanish Camilla - 20/12/2009 05:27:54 PM 817 Views
Spanish Larry - 20/12/2009 05:51:56 PM 790 Views
Predicted that from both of you Ouranid - 20/12/2009 05:54:49 PM 941 Views
French. Werthead - 20/12/2009 05:58:00 PM 781 Views
Spanish Palatine - 20/12/2009 06:06:11 PM 805 Views
Sorry Ouranid - 20/12/2009 09:19:40 PM 875 Views
Ah, so you're Norwegian? Palatine - 21/12/2009 05:36:29 PM 860 Views
If you learn Spanish, it won't be that hard to learn Portugese and Italian *NM* Matrimony Cauthon - 20/12/2009 08:18:11 PM 424 Views
German or Spanish, of course. jh - 20/12/2009 09:12:27 PM 754 Views
Yeah, Ouranid - 20/12/2009 09:22:44 PM 944 Views
Um, where do you live? everynametaken - 21/12/2009 01:18:05 AM 977 Views
I vote German. It's the closest that I I come to "speaking" another language. Erith - 21/12/2009 03:15:42 AM 884 Views
No, man... Ouranid - 21/12/2009 11:42:58 AM 873 Views
LOL - you could be right Erith - 22/12/2009 02:41:57 AM 947 Views
German, for the Philosophy. Dan - 21/12/2009 04:38:10 AM 917 Views
By that I hope you mean Ouranid - 21/12/2009 11:35:56 AM 792 Views
I'd suggest Spanish. Phelix - 21/12/2009 07:30:26 AM 868 Views
Never thought of Spanish as a gateway language Ouranid - 21/12/2009 11:45:56 AM 879 Views
The first hit's free, but after that you gotta pay. *NM* Phelix - 21/12/2009 05:24:48 PM 375 Views
A lot more to Dutch than to German. Legolas - 21/12/2009 02:57:26 PM 854 Views
I guess I should rephrase... Phelix - 21/12/2009 05:24:01 PM 835 Views
I'm neither of those things in your title, but I'll put in another vote for Spanish. Aemon - 21/12/2009 02:08:09 PM 811 Views
We all have our own prejudices for suggesting languages. Of the three, I suggest French. Tom - 21/12/2009 02:32:45 PM 998 Views
Spanish, unless you actually plan on travelling to Africa a lot LadyLorraine - 21/12/2009 05:29:13 PM 805 Views
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