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| What is the most practical second language? |
| French |
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5% |
[ 4 ] |
| English |
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15% |
[ 12 ] |
| Arabic |
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2% |
[ 2 ] |
| Mandarin |
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11% |
[ 9 ] |
| Hindi |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Spanish |
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36% |
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| Japanese |
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3% |
[ 3 ] |
| Portugese |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Korean |
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12% |
[ 10 ] |
| other |
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12% |
[ 10 ] |
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jg
Joined: 27 May 2003
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| but they're all in one place |
Travel much? |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| Zyzyfer wrote: |
| Where's Swahili? I vote for Swahili. Where is it? |
Kenya.. and maybe in Tanzania too? Definetely Kenya though. |
He meant where is it in the polll. Swahili is the common language of east africa, not just tanzania and Kenya. It is related to Arabic and aramaic, which is spoken in Ethiopia, and maybe the rest of the horn of Africa, i'm not sure. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Location: Middle Land
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| but their all in one place |
En Contraire mon frere!
Also...
If China keeps growing economically the way it has been, you will see sometimes in the next 50 years China pass America in terms of economic power.
Just imagine 1.2 billion Chinese people who earn on average $20,000 a year... |
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mokpochica
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| It is related to Arabic and aramaic, which is spoken in Ethiopia, and maybe the rest of the horn of Africa, i'm not sure. |
Aramaic is still spoken? That's the language Jesus spoke, right? I didn't know it was spoken in Ethiopia...? |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| The Great Wall of Whiner wrote: |
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| but their all in one place |
En Contraire mon frere! |
ma soeur |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| mokpochica wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| It is related to Arabic and aramaic, which is spoken in Ethiopia, and maybe the rest of the horn of Africa, i'm not sure. |
Aramaic is still spoken? That's the language Jesus spoke, right? I didn't know it was spoken in Ethiopia...? |
I think he spelled it wrong - Amharic is the primary language spoken in Ethiopia, one of many. My ex-girlfriend was half Ethiopian and half Sudanese.. she spoke Arabic though - from Sudan. But her mother was a native Amharic speaker from Ethiopia. |
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little mixed girl
Joined: 11 Jun 2003
Location: shin hyesung's bed~
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:53 am Post subject: |
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Last edited by little mixed girl on Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:30 am; edited 1 time in total |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| mokpochica wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| It is related to Arabic and aramaic, which is spoken in Ethiopia, and maybe the rest of the horn of Africa, i'm not sure. |
Aramaic is still spoken? That's the language Jesus spoke, right? I didn't know it was spoken in Ethiopia...? |
I think he spelled it wrong - Amharic is the primary language spoken in Ethiopia, one of many. My ex-girlfriend was half Ethiopian and half Sudanese.. she spoke Arabic though - from Sudan. But her mother was a native Amharic speaker from Ethiopia. |
yeah, i was guesing about that one. I knew it sounded close to what jesus spoke but wasn't positive if they were the same. I think aramaic (what jesus spoke) is still used by like .1% of Syria and Lebanon's population (the druze maybe?). I don't know though, I'm just going on what some ex-classmate of college mentioned once. Regardless, they all have similar roots along with Hebrew. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 3:28 am Post subject: Re: What is the most practical second language? |
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| and if you live in Australia.. I'm not too sure.. or with Europe.. not sure what would be most important to them.. its all revelant though.. |
ocker of course.. but apparently the yanks are ruining it
CLG |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| rockr1 wrote: |
What about Sporean? Spanish and Korean blended to make a new super-language. Examples:
Anyola - Hello
Adiosseyo - Goodbye
Gracihamnida - Thank you
Gringuk - Foreigner
Amigoo - Friend
... you get the picture. Sporea will also have a unique culture and cuisine, featuring flamenco spitting and kimchi paella.
Contributions to this fledgling but beautiful language much appreciated. |
Yeah! I always wanted to say "Chingu tu madre!" |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| *bump* for all those that missed this poll months ago.. interesting topic as I search through the backpages.. |
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weened
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: May you live to be a thousand years.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| Indeed, I did miss. Or I thought I was the shizznizzlenit and was too good for Dave's. Anyway, I'm using relevance as my orientation and going with Spanish. Where I live and the majority of my traveling has been in Spanish speaking countries (Korea excluded-and that's sad). |
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:13 am Post subject: |
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| New England "English". |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Rockr1 said:
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What about Sporean? Spanish and Korean blended to make a new super-language. Examples:
Anyola - Hello
Adiosseyo - Goodbye
Gracihamnida - Thank you
Gringuk - Foreigner
Amigoo - Friend
... you get the picture. Sporea will also have a unique culture and cuisine, featuring flamenco spitting and kimchi paella.
Contributions to this fledgling but beautiful language much appreciated. |
Omadre, this is funny. |
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FlagWaver
Joined: 12 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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GREEK
Give me any word and I will show you how that word comes from the Greek language!
Kimono = The Greek root "mono" meaning "one" or single....Kim ono... 
Opa!
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