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English (native language).
Majored in Spanish and French in college; can still get by in those two, but my French is getting a smidgen rusty from non-use.
I know basic greetings in Korean (the equivalents of Hello and Goodbye, thank you, excuse me), and can somewhat read the Korean alphabet -- enough to pick out my favorites on a Korean restaurant menu if the need arises. Luckily for me, the Korean alphabet is phonetic; the arranged syllables are what looks like Chinese or Japanese ideographs to the untrained Western eye.
My German is limited to Kraftwerk lyrics. 😀
I also know an odd phrase or two in tlhIngan Hol, a.k.a. the fictional Klingon language.
Computer:
BASIC, a handful of flavors.
Pascal (remember when colleges used Pascal for programming education? Get off my lawn 😀 ).
Assembly for 3270 mainframe, which I promptly forgot after finals. I hated that class.
MS SQL.
Visual Basic 6 somewhat.
I can sort of follow C's logic, but don't ask me to code in it.
Ceiling Cat sez you can has lolspeak in ur list. 😀
English (native language).
Majored in Spanish and French in college; can still get by in those two, but my French is getting a smidgen rusty from non-use.
I know basic greetings in Korean (the equivalents of Hello and Goodbye, thank you, excuse me), and can somewhat read the Korean alphabet -- enough to pick out my favorites on a Korean restaurant menu if the need arises. Luckily for me, the Korean alphabet is phonetic; the arranged syllables are what looks like Chinese or Japanese ideographs to the untrained Western eye.
My German is limited to Kraftwerk lyrics. 😀
I also know an odd phrase or two in tlhIngan Hol, a.k.a. the fictional Klingon language.
Computer:
BASIC, a handful of flavors.
Pascal (remember when colleges used Pascal for programming education? Get off my lawn 😀 ).
Assembly for 3270 mainframe, which I promptly forgot after finals. I hated that class.
MS SQL.
Visual Basic 6 somewhat.
I can sort of follow C's logic, but don't ask me to code in it.
Ceiling Cat sez you can has lolspeak in ur list. 😀
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Learning French !!
I am learning French through this Rocket French Review Site. Can't say much as I'm just starting. Will keep you guys posted. Enjoy !!😀😀
I am learning French through this Rocket French Review Site. Can't say much as I'm just starting. Will keep you guys posted. Enjoy !!😀😀
Seems like a good course, I skimmed their first lesson. The english bloke has a funny accent but I think it's very good that they include a bit of a cultural aspect to it. You know, french people don't tend to go directly to the point of their conversation. 😉
As for me, French is my mother tongue. I can't remember when I didn't know English, though. I learned a bit of Spanish in school but I never use it, so I can understand the gist of a conversation. I know a bunch of programming languages too 😉
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Korean, English, Engrish, very little French and Japanese, and some swears in middle east language 😀 (since the swears are universal, or it seems)
Korean, English, Engrish, very little French and Japanese, and some swears in middle east language 😀 (since the swears are universal, or it seems)
