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Post by Sctr22 on Apr 15, 2013 10:05:02 GMT -7
So I was thinking of taking a language, for enjoyment/resume/overall self improvement. I took a few years of Spanish back in high school. I could probably ask for the bathroom, but not even close to being fluent. I think I have one picked out (leaning towards Mandarin), but I figured I would get the boards thoughts on what you would think would be the most useful, or which one you think would be worth paying for?
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Post by dtucker on Apr 15, 2013 10:14:51 GMT -7
Chinese is spoken by more people and Spanish is the 2nd most spoken. I guess it would depend on where you think you might end up. If you are planning on staying in the U.S. I think Spanish would be more helpful.
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Post by geauxfish on Apr 15, 2013 10:47:22 GMT -7
I chose Spanish since it seems that it would be more useful around here.
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Post by thywar on Apr 15, 2013 10:52:59 GMT -7
No NO NNOOOO!!!! Chinese.. you'll soon have them in every neighborhood in USA.. They'll own all the infrastructure construction businesses and many others.. particularly the laundries. We are on the path to cave to them in business and other areas. Spanish yeah.. but just wait until a hispanic mayor who only speaks Chinese runs your town.. Our new Sec'y of State came out today to say that foreign students are afraid to come to the US because of gun violence.. oh darn.. TELL THEM TO STAY HOME.. Chinese or Spanish, either will benefit you.
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Post by missasip on Apr 15, 2013 15:59:44 GMT -7
So I was thinking of taking a language, for enjoyment/resume/overall self improvement. I took a few years of Spanish back in high school. I could probably ask for the bathroom, but not even close to being fluent. I think I have one picked out (leaning towards Mandarin), but I figured I would get the boards thoughts on what you would think would be the most useful, or which one you think would be worth paying for? Having tried to follow your point of enjoyment/resume/self improvement, I went with French. Beautiful language. And besides, it makes me sound sweeter to Cajun Lady....laissez les bons temps rouler! I know enough border lingo to somewhat get by and Chinese? Not on your life...lol Jimmy
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Post by Sctr22 on Apr 15, 2013 16:33:41 GMT -7
So I was thinking of taking a language, for enjoyment/resume/overall self improvement. Well, let me try to clarify this a bit. As for self improvement, I think any second language is beneficial, and enjoy improving myself by learning more where I can. Which of course carries over into enjoyment, because I would be learning something new/honing a skill. As for the resume, I again think that having another language is beneficial and can help you stand out. Personally I have an educational background in science/criminology (forensics specifically) and was trying to pick a language that would help me out there. Spanish could easily fit that bill, but I was also thinking that I have a lot of the basics down though I am not fluent. Of course, I was thinking Chinese because of everything political. French of course would also be beneficial I think. Not sure if that changes anyone's vote or not, but I appreciate the feedback, keep it coming.
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Post by angelhelp on Apr 15, 2013 16:58:29 GMT -7
French was always easy for me to pronounce. Since I cannot roll an r to save my life, I'm inclined to stay with a language where it's not required. On the other hand, I've been working on learning another language lately -- not one in the list.
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Post by missasip on Apr 15, 2013 17:01:53 GMT -7
French was always easy for me to pronounce. Since I cannot roll an r to save my life, I'm inclined to stay with a language where it's not required. On the other hand, I've been working on learning another language lately -- not one in the list. Don't keep us in suspense!!! Jimmy
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Post by angelhelp on Apr 15, 2013 17:14:35 GMT -7
Irish. It is NOT easy unless you have a pronunciation guide that covers vowel combinations.
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Post by Ceorlmann on Apr 15, 2013 19:56:08 GMT -7
I'm sticking to German mainly because I've spent all this time in college learning it to fulfill language requirements. Also if I'm not mistaken it's the language most-spoken in Europe (well, western Europe to be exact). It proved most useful when conversing with natives in Switzerland.
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Post by swamprat1 on Apr 15, 2013 20:01:05 GMT -7
Spanish. I've got quite a few Spanish speaking Kinfolks through marriage relations and such. For a third I would go with mandarin.
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Post by thywar on Apr 15, 2013 20:04:49 GMT -7
I'm sticking to German mainly because I've spent all this time in college learning it to fulfill language requirements. Also if I'm not mistaken it's the language most-spoken in Europe (well, western Europe to be exact). It proved most useful when conversing with natives in Switzerland. Those would be northern Swiss... when I had visited Italy and was headed back to Germany I was so happy to be back in Switzerland cause I could sort of work the German.. how surprised (disappointed?) I was when in southern Switzerland they spoke Italian.. but I still managed to order dinner and get a room with a bathroom
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Post by offtrail on Apr 15, 2013 21:29:38 GMT -7
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Post by ColcordMama on Apr 15, 2013 21:36:39 GMT -7
We all did, didn't we? LOL
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Post by ColcordMama on Apr 15, 2013 21:42:53 GMT -7
I voted Italian and here's why. When I was a girl, Daddy was stationed in Italy and I had neighborhood friends and if I wanted to communicate with them, it had to be in Italian, so I learned to speak some. Since then, I've been amazed to discover just how much Spanish and French I understand simply because of the bit I learned when I was young. Italian is after all based in Latin, which is the root language of so very many world languages. Please don't ask me how much Italian I speak today. That was several hundred years ago when I was young, ya know.
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