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20-yr-old speaks 11 languages. How's his pronunciation in...

Post by FBM » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:19 am

...whichever of the languages you speak?

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People define fluency in different ways, but I noticed a non-native accent when he spoke Spanish. (And English. :hehe:) I know I have non-native pronunciation habits when I speak Spanish, Korean or Thai, but then again, I'm not claiming to be fluent in any of them. IMO, if you can communicate effectively and efficiently in informal daily life with little or no miscommunication due to pronunciation, grammar or vocabulary, you're fluent. Others seem to demand that one also be able to discuss complex political and business topics formally and with ease before considering him/her to be fluent. I'm taking about 6 months or so away from work to study Korean at Seoul National University. I hope I can call myself fluent at the end of it.
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Post by Atheist-Lite » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:21 am

Less than two years old in each language? How's that go down with the locals? :smoke:
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:30 am

I didn't even know there were 10 other languages. How quaint.
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Post by Atheist-Lite » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:32 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:I didn't even know there were 10 other languages. How quaint.

Most are sounds, foreigners are good at immitation. Verbal cargo cults. :smoke:
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Clinton Huxley wrote:I didn't even know there were 10 other languages. How quaint.
:lol: There may be even more. Who knows?
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:40 am

FBM wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:I didn't even know there were 10 other languages. How quaint.
:lol: There may be even more. Who knows?
It's all just a lot of silliness. Why bother to have your own half-baked, incomprehensible jabber when English will serve all your communicatory needs?

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Post by FBM » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:44 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:
FBM wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:I didn't even know there were 10 other languages. How quaint.
:lol: There may be even more. Who knows?
It's all just a lot of silliness. Why bother to have your own half-baked, incomprehensible jabber when English will serve all your communicatory needs?

Damned pig-headedness.
Can be a godsend at times. I'm often relieved that I don't know what some of them are talking about. A meaningful glower and a chin jutted towards the baggage is all a gentleman needs to communicate, after all. :levi:
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I can speak any language in the world, except Greek.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:56 am

Gawdzilla wrote:I can speak any language in the world, except Greek.
How's your Double Dutch?
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:58 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:I can speak any language in the world, except Greek.
How's your Double Dutch?
That's Greek to me. :dunno:
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:00 pm

To quote Lord Percy Percy of Northumberland, "If it sounds like Greek, it probably is Greek"
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Bella Fortuna wrote:It's all Geek to me.
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Post by leo-rcc » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:22 pm

His Dutch is pretty good, there is a slight accent but nothing major.
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Post by FBM » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:24 pm

leo-rcc wrote:His Dutch is pretty good, there is a slight accent but nothing major.
Holy shit. Somebody actually replied to the OP! What do I do now? :hairfire:
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