It's like dividing by zero

I could tell you, but I've had to deal with the sorority's global elite ninja death squads before, and frankly I don't have any more room in my back yard to bury bodies..




sorry.

Do Rosetta Stone have a course?

They used to, since it was part of the original. But the sorority ninja death squads found it -it was kept upon an isolated mountain top in a monestary guarded by shaolin monks who all had taken a life oath. They were all slaughtered when they saw the ample bosomed she-ninja's.. never had a chance with that killer cleavage..

then they busted up the stone into itty bitty pebbles.


Which is the real reason behind Pebbles name in the Flintstones, and why she talks ga-ga...




as a reminder

Still not as scary as my girlfriend one week each month. She-ninja's got nothin' on her.

Chances are she's one of 'em

Get out. Now. And whatever you do, don't take chocolate with you.

(they can smell it in your blood)

Apologies to any she-ninja.

Know:

English
German (decently anyway)

Want to Learn:

C
C++
Polish

I speak English, Mexican Spanish and German... I'd like to learn Turkish. I'd learn to speak Greek but they use wacky symbols instead of the Latin Alphabet so I'm not into it.

I only know English

I really want to know French, which is funny because it was the class I despised most in school. German would also be cool to know.

That's kinda true

Know:

• English
  
• German (not fluent, but getting there.

Want to know:

• Italian
  
• Portugese
  
• Dutch
  
• Lithuanian

Would like to know more of:

• Urdu
  
• Vietnamese
  
• French

Besides English, just Latin. I'd like to know some Greek.

I can speak basic German, the sort of stuff a tourist would need. I wouldn't be able to have a conversation beyond very simple statements however.

Know:

• Portuguese
  
• Spanish
  
• English

Know a little:

• French

Want to learn:

• Mandarin (I know a VERY little bit of Mandarin spoken, since I have family and friends in Macau - that was previously Portuguese territory)

By the way, this list is interesting: http://www.krysstal.com/spoken.html

Know:

English
German

Want to know:

BR Portuguese (already know a little, not exactly dying to learn it but might as well finish what I started)
Polish
Russian

C++...

All jokes aside, I would like to learn Russian, Japanese and German. Maybe even Swedish. I never will, but if I could choose it would be them.

Why would you ever want to learn Dutch?

Why not? It's an interesting-sounding language. I guess this is an example where the familiar is perhaps mundane, but to others it can be quite compelling.

It's funny that you can understand dutch as a german, but can't speak it (without learning it).

I speak good Swedish and English, along with moderate knowledge of a third language (Spanish in my case), which is the "standard procedure" here in Sweden! I'd also like to learn Russian and Chinese.

I don't know really. It's just that whenever someone wants to learn a language it's things like Japanese, French or Russian. You know, somewhat exotic languages which also happen to sound good. Now, the dutch language is many things, but not particularly good-sounding (At-least not to me. No idea how it sounds to people not used to hearing it every day )

Add to that that Dutch is only spoken by less then 20 million people in the world, and that we have no Dutch version of Shakespeare, Hugo or Tolstoy, makes the literary aspect of the Dutch aspect also minimal.

So I'm just wondering why someone would want to learn Dutch. We are at a disadvantage at the beauty of it, no literary scene whatsoever and is almost not spoken outside of the Benelux.

And let's not forget that Dutch is apparently a very hard language to learn. Can't really comment on that though

Well, what's familiar to you is exotic to others. Likewise, I'm sure Swedish has some sort of appeal, but I can't see it from here. I am a bit surprised how many want to learn it, though - surely it's not just because they want to hook up with Swedish girls?

Familiar, in a very irritating way - I recognize most words from either English, German or Swedish, so it feels like I should understand it, but... No. It's as if they're speaking in code, or backwards.

I can understand that. I had a really hard time getting into German (It's mandatory here, same with French) because you just keep confusing words from German into Dutch and vice versa. The close likeliness while still being very different was the main reason I never pursued any follow-up to 5 years of German as a course. But I know the mandatory camping-German. That, combined with how to order a beer is all you need really

(I have that feeling you describe all the time, that they are talking in code. Most often when I hear politicians )

It doesn't seem that hard, although admittedly I only know bits of Afrikaans, but they seem similar enough. Certainly easier than Hebrew, and the alphabet is close to the English one.

I speak AMERICAN.

Also I know a fair bit of Spanish from 3 years of it in high school. Not fluent by a long shot, but I know the verb forms and rules and such, and even some slang, I did well in Spanish class and communicate superficially with a native speaker, I've mostly been learning on my own and hope to continue.

I want to learn Arabic, and intend to take courses in college. Partially because it is part of my heritage (I'm 25% Lebanese on my mother's side), because the countries where Arabic is spoken are pretty important in the world right about now, and because I hope to be able to study abroad at the American University in Beirut.