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All right, why didn't one of you Betazoids out there tell me to post a poll with the other thread? Please indicate what your second language is. If the options are off enough, would anyone object to me or someone else posting a poll later with more representative ones?
I can't vote, since I only speak English (heck, I went for a B.S. degree instead of a B.A. degree because the B.A. had a secondary language requirement)...
Still, I'm surprised that a Klingon option isn't on the list. Seems fitting for a Trek message board! ;)
Greg
Hey, only ten slots. Klingon was definately one I thought about including.
Well, Latin is the closest thing I have to real second language.
German would be a distant third.
Everything else is minimal at best -- restaurant French, survival Mexican-Spanish, about 300 mis-matched words in Japanese, the odd word here and there in a couple dozen languages
In the words of Churchy Le Femme, "I kin make m'self misunderstood in over t'enty-seven lang'ages!" ;)
I couldn't vote either. I'm not fluent enough in any other language than English to call it a second language.
Unless, of course, the language of love counts.
That I'm extremely fluent in, with a regional accent. ;)
bad english counts... right..
Hey, I'm not fluent in any foreign language. Go ahead and vote for the language you know most of other than your native language, no matter how little you know.
How do you define second? I speak English, French, Italian, Arabic; can read Spanish and Portuguese...
Okay, how about your favorite language that is foreign to you?
Well, if that's the case, then I'll put my vote in for Elvish (Sindarin, to be accurate). I've got a set of instructional programs to really learn Sindarin and Quenya, but I haven't started yet (it's going to be a summer project, I think).Quote:
Originally posted by Cochrane
Hey, I'm not fluent in any foreign language. Go ahead and vote for the language you know most of other than your native language, no matter how little you know.
Greg
Italian...actually like it more than English.Quote:
Originally posted by Cochrane
Okay, how about your favorite language that is foreign to you?
Okay, so there's one book commonly available in stores now that teaches how to speak multiple Tolkien languages? I've never thought to look for that kind of thing while at a book store, but I'll have to try to remember to look.
American Sign Language is my second...
Not a book that I know of (but it'd be worth looking into), but rather a series of language lessons that I downloaded. I'll hunt up the link for you, Cochrane, if you'd like. :)Quote:
Originally posted by Cochrane
Okay, so there's one book commonly available in stores now that teaches how to speak multiple Tolkien languages? I've never thought to look for that kind of thing while at a book store, but I'll have to try to remember to look.
Greg
Actually, there is a book. It's titled "The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth," by Ruth S. Noel. I haven't read it (got it for my wife) so I can't attest to the quality...Quote:
Originally posted by Greg Davis
Not a book that I know of (but it'd be worth looking into), but rather a series of language lessons that I downloaded.