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Started by Maladict, June 23, 2016, 06:03:33 AM

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How much of a polyglot are you?

<5 points
3 (6.1%)
5 points
2 (4.1%)
5.5 - 7 points
13 (26.5%)
7.5 - 10 points
14 (28.6%)
10.5 - 15 points
7 (14.3%)
15.5 - 20 points
8 (16.3%)
20.5 - 25 points
2 (4.1%)
>25 points
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 48

Admiral Yi

English 5, French and Spanish 1.5, Korean .5

alfred russel

5 english, 1 spanish.

I keep waiting for the grumbler posts explaining to our non native english speakers why their english self assessments are too optimistic.  :P
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Liep

Quote from: alfred russel on June 23, 2016, 12:59:22 PM
5 english, 1 spanish.

I keep waiting for the grumbler posts explaining to our non native english speakers why their english self assessments are too optimistic.  :P

Tyr is native, right? :P
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dps

Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 23, 2016, 12:02:59 PM

E:  Does (American) sign language count here?  Gimmie a 1ish there too if so  :)

It should, since it has its own grammar and all.

I put myself in the 5.5-7 point bracket, but that might be a bit generous.  I can read and understand isolated phrases and fragments in French, German, Spanish, and Latin, but they are very isolated phrases and fragments.  Even with having taken a year of high school French, I probably can handle Spanish better.  My German is limited mostly to military terms, and I struggle to read much in it even then.

dps

Quote from: garbon on June 23, 2016, 06:49:22 AM
Someone has no language that they are a native speaker of?

If you're mute, you can't get but 2.5 for any given language.

Admiral Yi

Quote from: dps on June 23, 2016, 03:41:32 PM
It should, since it has its own grammar and all.

Which one follows English syntax?  I know there are two.

Maladict

Quote from: alfred russel on June 23, 2016, 12:59:22 PM
5 english, 1 spanish.

I keep waiting for the grumbler posts explaining to our non native english speakers why their english self assessments are too optimistic.  :P

Fine, I'll take it down to 4.5  :P

HisMajestyBOB

English: 5. Unless I'm tired or drunk.  :P
Mandarin: 2.5 - 3 on speaking, but only 2 for reading/writing. 学汉子最难。
German, Korean: 1 each. Maybe even 2 if I practiced it for a while.

So 9.5.
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Monoriu

Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on June 23, 2016, 07:25:08 PM
English: 5. Unless I'm tired or drunk.  :P
Mandarin: 2.5 - 3 on speaking, but only 2 for reading/writing. 学汉子最难。
German, Korean: 1 each. Maybe even 2 if I practiced it for a while.

So 9.5.

It should be 字, not 子 :hug:

HisMajestyBOB

Win10's Chinese keyboard led me astray. -_-
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DontSayBanana

Experience bij!

Duque de Bragança

French 5
Portuguese 5 (this includes the North Portuguese dialect of Galician Larch  :lol:)
English 4
Castilian 4
German 2.5
Latin 1.5/2

Other Romance languages like Italian or Catalan are at 1 minimum, passively. Not Romanian though, would take a little bit of effort.

So, between 20-25

The Brain

Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on June 23, 2016, 07:25:08 PM
English: 5. Unless I'm tired or drunk.  :P
Mandarin: 2.5 - 3 on speaking, but only 2 for reading/writing. 学汉子最难。
German, Korean: 1 each. Maybe even 2 if I practiced it for a while.

So 9.5.

Writing is not a factor.
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The Larch

Quote from: Duque de Bragança on June 24, 2016, 12:35:16 AMPortuguese 5 (this includes the North Portuguese dialect of Galician Larch  :lol:)

Yeah right.  :P