Ten languages I’ve at times thought I’d like to be able to make myself understood in (or to understand, in the case of dead languages):
- English (not, unfortunately, always a given)
- French
- Dutch
- Yiddish
- Swahili
- Mandarin
- Icelandic
- Old English
- Latin
- Hebrew
See, I’ve always had this vague, unrealized dream of being a polyglot. Unfortunately, it has remained a dream, as even my six years of instruction in French (lo these many years ago) have come to naught.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 docsmartypants // Nov 4, 2005 at 12:03 pm
You still have plenty of time! I’d start with whichever you think would be the least useful. Or do Yiddish because it sounds so cool. I plan to be stuck in Beginner Level 2 Russian for at least the next forty years.
2 The Guy on the Other Side of the Common // Dec 9, 2005 at 12:49 pm
I say #5 is because of those dang ads on the T.
3 Kenneth // Dec 9, 2005 at 5:10 pm
Those T ads are a constant burr if one has polyglot dreams.
Swahili is in large part because that’s the common language used by Quakers in East Africa.
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