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vehve said:
Fourth if you count studies, third if you count the order I learned them. We moved to a new part of the city when I was 8. All my friends still lived where we used to live, and the house had satellite TV. One summer of Cartoon Network, and little Felix spoke English. It wasn't until the last year of high school that I had to study some to be allowed to take the English exam at the end of high school, so I took 3 short courses to qualify.

Swedish is my first language, as I'm a Finnish Swede (not the same as a Swede though, I'm Swedish like a person from New Jersey is Italian), and my mother is originally totally Finnish speaking, so I grew up bilingual. I studied German since the third grade all the way through high school, but I'm not nearly as fluent in it as in Finnish, Swedish or English.
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I am impressed that you have a good grasp of that many languages. Maybe this TV thing isn't so bad? When I was stuck on Angel's Landing in Zion waiting for Dsqard (the goatgirl) I had a long conversation with a guy from Belgium. His English was almost perfect. I took 3 years of Spanish (and 2 of Latin) but I can only ask for beer and a bathroom (and honestly, that's really all I'd need to know, right?).


vehve said:
The basics I picked up from there, it was a good base to build upon. I've enjoyed books since I learned to read, so I read a lot in English too, nowadays I mostly read in English. Most of the decent shows on TV here are in English (mostly made in the States), and the internet is a wonderful tool for improving your vocabulary (and knowledge of more or less useful things).
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I thought most of our TV was trash. I do enjoy Brit comedy, though.
 
superchemicalgirl said:
Quote: And then there's the problem with finding a Latin speaking country to ask for directions to the bathroom in...

Most Europeans speak English in addition to their own native language(s), you can't really manage without English in today's world.

British comedy is usually pretty funny, but it's more of a dry humor. If you want cheap laughs, US comedy is the best way to go. And you guys put so much money into your shows that with a decent script, they often turn out pretty good.
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SCG, I will have you know that I was complete SPIDER girl yesterday. Goat mode was not gonna work on that steep, loose rock sided mountain.
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vehve said:
And then there's the problem with finding a Latin speaking country to ask for directions to the bathroom in...

Most Europeans speak English in addition to their own native language(s), you can't really manage without English in today's world.

British comedy is usually pretty funny, but it's more of a dry humor. If you want cheap laughs, US comedy is the best way to go. And you guys put so much money into your shows that with a decent script, they often turn out pretty good.
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I was 14 and went to Mexico. I was so excited to use what I had learned in Spanish class in school. I got into the cab at the airport and said "hola!" and the guy says back to me "hi! how are you? where ya headed?"

And that was the end of me using Spanish. Everyone spoke English in Mexico.

I also at least found a profession where I can use my latin skills!! Did you know that the sig code on your prescriptions is latin abbreviations? Put that in your pipe and smoke it Q.D. prn.
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(A little pharmacy humor, sorry)
 

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