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Inspired by Avogadro's thread, and because I haven't been an arsehole to anyone for a while, I would like any American posters here who can speak a non-continental American language to say so here.
Oh, and it would be nice if you said what languages you speak, too.
Now remember, no continental American languages allowed. 
I can speak a little German. I still want to choke them for not ridding their language of "Sie" though. They only need "Du." We got rid of "Thy" and "Thou", so why can't they get rid of "Sie?"
all of my family in the US can speak tagalog.
> ☭ Fokker wrote:
> Inspired by Avogadro's thread, and because I haven't been an arsehole to anyone for a while, I would like any American posters here who can speak a non-continental American language to say so here.
Oh, and it would be nice if you said what languages you speak, too.
Now remember, no continental American languages allowed.
so like no english, french, spanish, dutch and portugese? that's harsh 
It was harsh to say no European languages for us Euros, you forget, we are not a unified close bunch of people, most Europeans hate other Europeans and will never visit their country or have anything to do with each other.
Canada and America have far more in common with each other then England and France. Canada and Mexico believe it or not have more in common then Ukraine and Spain.
>>Canada and America have far more in common with each other then England and France. Canada and Mexico believe it or not have more in common then Ukraine and Spain.<<
oh I dunno, all four would like the US to go to the dark side of the moon and pop the helmet
> Chris_Balsz wrote:
> >>Canada and America have far more in common with each other then England and France. Canada and Mexico believe it or not have more in common then Ukraine and Spain.<<
oh I dunno, all four would like the US to go to the dark side of the moon and pop the helmet
not to mention quit hogging all the easy women and hard drugs...
Vast majority of people have no problem with America the country, its just most of our interaction with American people come via forums or xbox live - you can see why that would present a biased viewpoint
@Chickenwingz
You speak tagalog? zOMG, Must find you on IRC!
@Khaz Modan
I'm pretty sure that the internet causes people to lose about 20% of their IQ points and lose all social skills. Happened with me when I first got the internet! 
na i dont speak tagalog never learned it. my family does tho
Im Canadian and like Americans. Just jealous of their cheap alchohol and tobacco. And the fact im not allowed in their country... [moo] forgot about that till now hahah
Awww!
*continues the search*
> Godwin's Law wrote:
> Awww!
*continues the search*<<
His folks could translate for you
or...were you looking for somebody to harass a Filipina in her own language? 
The translating thing! X(
lol,
to my shame I never heard about it before. Looked it up in Wikipedia. What is the reason you speak it? Are your parents from the Philippines?
@east:
continue with German and Chinese. Some villages in the US speak Chinese for centuries. In some of them, only one guy know how to speak/write English to fill in the papers.
Long story, LP. And one which I don't plan on explaining here. 
> Justinian I wrote:
> I can speak a little German. I still want to choke them for not ridding their language of "Sie" though. They only need "Du." We got rid of "Thy" and "Thou", so why can't they get rid of "Sie?"
it's the same in French (vous) and Dutch (u) actually 
I can speak a little German. I still want to choke them for not ridding their language of "Sie" though. They only need "Du." We got rid of "Thy" and "Thou", so why can't they get rid of "Sie?"
Because for us germans it is simply normal and appears more polite to use "Sie" towards some people.
Also i am somehow surprised that u name this as the big arsed stuff in german. Most not native speakers have biggest problems with "der,die,das".
But in the end it cant be bad to speak a more or less difficult language. It trains the brain in some way and makes it easier to learn other languages since they often appear "simple"
The hardest part of German is the Wechselprapositionen and other Akkusativ, Dativ and Genetiv related things. The grammatical theory isn't that hard but the changes it brings is hard (like 'denn' and so on)
I thought you kept the 2nd person personal to be insulting
Americans just use naughty verbs.
> Douglas Reynholm wrote:
> The hardest part of German is the Wechselprapositionen and other Akkusativ, Dativ and Genetiv related things. The grammatical theory isn't that hard but the changes it brings is hard (like 'denn' and so on)
I WANT TO STRANGLE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PREVENTING ITS DEATH
DEATH TO WECHSELPREPOSITIONEN!
> Justinian I wrote:
> I can speak a little German. I still want to choke them for not ridding their language of "Sie" though. They only need "Du." We got rid of "Thy" and "Thou", so why can't they get rid of "Sie?" <
So... only one American on here can speak a non-continental-American language?
And Avogadro is looking down on us Euro's because?
because you pretend you are cultured and refined
when %-wise you = Americans
you know 100% of the languages you might actually use.
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