What languages do you speak?

[The Last Melon]

Statistically, this has probably come up about a billion times, but I'm sort of curious as to the language breakdown here on The Escapist. Any polyglots around? And, since I expect Europeans to dominate this thread, where are you from?

I'm a Canadian speaking English, pretty good French, and some Mandarin Chinese.

 

[Hazy992]

I'm from England and I just speak English unfortunately. I did Spanish at GCSE but I've forgotten most of it. I wish I could speak something else.

 

[Keoul]

English, some Mandarin (Language of China) and what little I remember from french class

 

[Rawne1980]

English and drunken English.

That is all I need.

 

[Fatboy_41]

English and Australian. And yes, they are different languages.

I'm starting to learn Gaelic too.

 

[ubersyanyde]

English and what I've learnt from the French and Spanish GCSEs that I completed earlier this year.

I'm continuing Spanish at A-level in September so hopefully I will be somewhat fluent by the end of the course.

 

[Nouw]

English and Korean. I can speak fine in Korean but I'm not great at it.

 

[SckizoBoy]

I was about to say that as a BBC, it should be obvious what languages I speak, though I'm shocked by how many there are that don't speak Chinese of one persuasion or another...

Anyway: English; Cantonese; Japanese; casual German; even more casual French; and bullshit.

 

[d_wing]

Portuguese, Spanish, French and English... Too bad German is where its at now :s

 

[Random Fella]

ENGLISH, THE ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS!
/ignorance

 

[malestrithe]

English.

Understand Spanish, I can't speak it, but I know what is being said.

I know Survival French, which is if you drop me off in the middle of France and I can Bear Grylls it to England.

I recognize certain kanji combinations. I understand some Romanji.

 

[Xaio30]

I speak fluent Swedish and English, along with some D'ni, Japanese and Spanish.

I really want to learn Russian too.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

English is my main language, though I know a little bit of French and Al Bhed.

.......

Don't look at me like that.

 

[Gabanuka]

English and a small bit of Hungarian. Barely any though.

 

[Buidoirican]

I come from two bilingual parents (Dad speaks Spanish and English, mom speaks Vietnamese and English). I speak English...maybe a little Spanish, almost no Vietnamese, and a little Japanese (I work in Japan). I'm quite embarrassed about that actually.

 

[Kirchhoff42]

I can speak Danish, English and very poorly German.

 

[Axolotl]

I was about to say that as a BBC, it should be obvious what languages I speak, though I'm shocked by how many there are that don't speak Chinese of one persuasion or another...

Anyway: English; Cantonese; Japanese; casual German; even more casual French; and bullshit.

Just out out of curiosity what do you mean when you are a BBC? I don't want to sound rude but I just can't work out what you mean.

On Topic: Sadly I only know English well enough to speak, I mean I know just enough French to tell people that I can't speak French. I did spend three years in school learning Ancient Greek but I wasn't any good at it and now I can barely remember it's alphabet, although I keep meaning to take it up again.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Just out out of curiosity what do you mean when you are a BBC? I don't want to sound rude but I just can't work out what you mean.

Ah, no sweat, it's one of those acronyms known only to native English speakers with Chinese acquaintances. *BC = [insert appropriate nationality] born Chinese, the most common being ABC (American/Australian) and BBC (British).

 

[Araksardet]

Native French & English; fluent German; moderate Spanish; basic Russian; passing familiarity with Mandarin Chinese, and I once took a course in Finnish, but that's mostly gone.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I was about to say that as a BBC, it should be obvious what languages I speak, though I'm shocked by how many there are that don't speak Chinese of one persuasion or another...

Anyway: English; Cantonese; Japanese; casual German; even more casual French; and bullshit.

Ha yeah I'm one of them. My reason for not speaking Chinese (Cantonese) properly was that my parent didn't send me to this Chinese speaking school when I was little althought my older brother did get to go there (it was something about this great teacher left by the time I was in the right age).
Anyway my main language is English and abit of Chinese.