kad Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I try to speak my native "American English", but even that's a stretch sometimes... Kirk Reality is like the sun - you can block it out for a time but it ain't goin' away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAG Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I speak American English,a bit of Español and of course...... MUSIC!!! Cheers! Have you hugged your bass today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshappi Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 I am fluent in over six million forms of communication and can readily...... Wait, wrong forum I speak english and enough spanish to either order dinner or get my face slapped. Nothing is as it seems but everything is exactly what it is - B. Banzai Life is what happens while you are busy playing in bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 English, Old English (pre 1066 style), moderate French and Cantonese, a smattering of Croatian and really, really bad Spanish. I played in a Ghanaian band for years, and used to sing along (unmiked) in Fante, but never understood more than a few words. http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Sorry, I've just seen that there was a separate thread for that last bit! http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerbass Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Russian, English, German a little and Hungarian a little KillerBass Home Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helge Lund Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Hi! I speak Norwegian (surprise!) Swedish Danish English Spanish (just enough to get a couple of beers) Esperanto (I did some study some years ago) and of course: music! -Helge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 English Swedish (Aland Islands dialect) High School Spanish A bit of German Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Boy Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 English and French, and I am currently learning German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuego Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Originally posted by basshappi: ....I speak english and enough spanish to either order dinner or get my face slapped. arrr me matie! ye too get slapped 2 arrr i speak english, dirty english, pirate, and enough spanish to get slapped at the mexican restrant. arr The basses -'04 MIM Jazz bass black -'98 Fender American-Deluxe P-bass natural -Peavey FuryII blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Robert Rennix Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 English, obviously, then two years of French in middle school, two years of Spanish in high school, two years of Latin as an undergrad and now I'm learning Korean from my girlfriend. I can't really speak French, Spanish, Latin or Korean, but I understand a surprising amount when I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahuna855 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 i speak french, a bit of spanish, english, and a few useless phrases in german ("you are a cabinet", "show me potato salad" "you are an ugly fat cow") "I'm thinkin' we should let bump answer this one... Prepare to don Nomex!" -social critic "When I install my cannons, I'm totally going to blast their asses back to the 16th century; Black Beard style" -bumpcity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahuna855 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 sorry, double posted "I'm thinkin' we should let bump answer this one... Prepare to don Nomex!" -social critic "When I install my cannons, I'm totally going to blast their asses back to the 16th century; Black Beard style" -bumpcity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike H. Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 English, and a tiny bit of German that I can recall from High School classes. http://www.identity5.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petethebassman Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Let's see... finnish, english, swedish and german. And I probably still remember the italian and spanish phrases to use when I want to order a beer or a glass of wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnb Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 1, Poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Only English fluently. But with a bit of brush-up I'm somewhat conversant in German & French, and I can understand Italian & Spanish on good days. I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BargeOn Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Ancient Greek. Though not very well. OK, no one "speaks" a dead language. I mention it only because there seems to be a connection with my taking up the bass. Not sure what exactly. They're both at the foundation of things. Or maybe it's just a penchant for the skewed and obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 - Dutch (and the Belgian variety called Flemish) - French - Italian - a wee bit of German, but I suck at it I am currently learning Afrikaans, which is quite similar to Dutch, and I'd like to start learning Japanese this summer. "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 So how did you get on, David? (I'm just doing a little time-travelling on the forum) http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMPires Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Portuguese English and Spanish, though i'm bit rusty on the spanish I can also understand Italian www.myspace.com/davidbassportugal "And then the magical unicorn will come prancing down the rainbow and we'll all join hands for a rousing chorus of Kumbaya." - by davio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Such ODolsky Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I speak Polish and English. Also a bit of Russian, German, Latin and French (I understand these languages quite well). I know some words in Japanese. And I really want to learn Welsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 - Dutch (and the Belgian variety called Flemish) - French - Italian - a wee bit of German, but I suck at it I am currently learning Afrikaans, which is quite similar to Dutch, and I'd like to start learning Japanese this summer. So how did you get on, David? (I'm just doing a little time-travelling on the forum) Well, assuming this question was directed at me and not the other David's on this forum, in the end my study of Afrikaans was limited to what I needed for my final dissertation, and I have started learning Norwegian instead of Japanese :grin: Jeg må si at jeg studerer det ikke så ofte og snakker et skriver ikke så bra, men jeg prøver å bedre meg selv ihvertfall "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I speak Polish and English. Also a bit of Russian, German, Latin and French (I understand these languages quite well). Ah, Latin... I've always wanted to really learn Latin! Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo9247 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 English and Brooklyn-ese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I can speak the native language of my home town, which I call F**kinese. Every other word spoken must be the "f" word. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky McDougall Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I only speak "Tex-Mex". I was in Germany for 3 years and learned how to order a beer but I guess that does not count. Tex-Mex is really a beautiful language. Que pasa Ya'll Rocky "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb, voting on what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb, contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 So how did you get on, David? (I'm just doing a little time-travelling on the forum) Well, assuming this question was directed at me and not the other David's on this forum, Well, yes David. Yours was the last post (even though it was years ago! Good job with the Norwegian (not that I'd know) Vince, I learned Latin at school but forgot most of it. Well I forgot the grammar but now all the vocabulary. When I leaned Old English/Anglo-Saxon a few years back the Latin and the German I used to know came in handy. http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 English, Old English (pre 1066 style), moderate French and Cantonese, a smattering of Croatian and really, really bad Spanish. I played in a Ghanaian band for years, and used to sing along (unmiked) in Fante, but never understood more than a few words. The English is fine, the Croatian is rusting to non existence, I got very good at Old English but haven't read much for ages, my French is a little better (well the fast train to the Continent has opened up in my neighbourhood and Pierre the drummer sometimes emails me in French. I haven't used much Spanish or German for years. The Fante is gone too, so I guess I'm on a backward track. The Cantonese is still there but I make awful and occasionally embarassing mistakes. I should learn Greek. This is cool http://tashian.com/multibabel/ http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky McDougall Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I envy Europeans for speaking so many languages.In America we are very lazy in this respect. Maybe it's our isolation from Europe that is the reason. We just expect everyone to speak English. However, we may all be speaking Spanish in the near future. Rocky "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb, voting on what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb, contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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