Oooooh I like that idea!

We must easily be able to have French, German, Spanish, Russian... Various forms of Chinese... Arabic I think? (between native speakers and learners) - even some Hebrew (I believe there is at least one person who speaks it even though she doesn't write it)... *thinks* - Japanese...

I can do German and Spanish for starters.. Perhaps not as interestng as the non latin alphabet languages but its a start! We should get Allan here.

Oh and we have several speakers of Gaelic of various types - Irish and Scots for sure.

I'll go email Allan....

Hehe Excellent!! When shall we kick this off?

I guess after language exams are finished is fairest. The only exception that I can think of, is if it would be helpful for those STUDYING the languages FOR exams to have to be trying to explain things to non-speakers of those languages (and I guess it may be good revision for people just to talk in those languages). Then those who weren't learning those lingos would have to exercise self-restraint in not looking into language threads of new languages if they thought it was going to confuse them!

We'd have to find out what languages people were taking exams in (Spanish, French, German are the obvious 3 that I am certain people are being examined in but there are probably others) and also be organised as to how to spot the language learning threads - make sure they had recognisable titles - to help us linguist freaks out

Ancient Greek and Latin may also have enough learners now I come to think of it!

Well my last language exam is the 12th of June - thats German and Spanish over by then, GCSE and A level too I tihnk. I can check French too.

May be worth asking around just to check.

Just to be vaguely on topic: confession... I'm far from indiscriminate, but still well aware that some will probably think it's naff... I LOVE good country and western music *grin*

I have a confession to make too... Been a bit of a tube really (as a freind so kindly put it!) And the reason I dyed my hair was because I was led to beleive that all people from the 1930s had dark hair. I was later reminded by my dad, that all the photos were in black and white.

Explanation for English types: "tube" is an expression of contempt in these parts, several degrees up the scale from "numpty". Visitors would be well advised not to go around mentioning the YouTube website unless they want first-hand experience of what the term "Glasgow kiss" means.

Ahhh. Hadn't come across that. *mental note about youtube...*

For some reason I thought you might be slightly enthusiastic


(you can blame thank Rosemary too, much credit to her for a fun idea!)

Roll on June 12th.........

Are you planning to post translations for the non-foreign language speakers amongst us?

Ja, und ich kann auch sehr gut Deutsch sprechen!

I'm here!

As am I!!

Was someone blaming me for something?? Nothing unusual then... If theres no objections to making this start on June the 12th then I will be here as soon as my exam finishes! Or before if I can't wait!

Hehe this sounds like fun!! MAy I join too? My last language exam is French writing on the 15th June

Hasta luego

The more the merrier!

This will be fun

Are languages like children, once you've got three or four, the rest are much easier?

Hmmm... in some ways...!

I got a Cd from the library to learn Portugese, had it in the car for a couple of months, but prefer singing along to country music.

HI i am learning bengali as my husband is he also speaks hindi and various only things i can ask for a cup of tea tell people i feel sick and say i love you and other such useless things

have only been learning when in indian so slow progress going fro a month in dec so should improve then

unless anyone else knows it and can help me

Actually I think that covers most situations

I can say 'I'm hungry' in more languages than any other phrase.

Somehow I am not surprised

Word to the wise, if you ever find yourself living with a Russian family, you will never need to say "I'm hungry" but it's wise to stock up on as many synonymous phrases for "I'm full" as you possibly can

I'm Ian...

And guess what - I wanna be straigght!

I wanna be straight!

I'm sick and tired of taking drugs and staying up late!

I wanna confirm...

I wanna conform...

I wanna be safe and I wanna be snug and I wanna be warm!




(And that's enough Blockheads quotation for now... It's nice to be a lunatic!)

Tell me about it. The work "nemonoshka" - a little - will also come in handy. Stock up on phrases like "A smaller piece of cake!" for breakfast, too....

Yep.

"Ya nayelas", "Ya sita", "Bolshe ne nada", and so on and so on!

Wow! Great language to learn Boo, I've just got back from a Spanish exchange to Granada!

Oooh did you have fun?

by the way, RB - your inbox is full, been trying to PM you frages!!

It was fantastic!

Sorry about that Sarah *goes to delete some messages*

good - and, oh good

Woah....all this language talk is confusing me. I only ever did french, and dropped that after yr 9.

I have a big confession to make: *whispers*

There's a good chance that I'm being admitted to an adolescent unit and I am terrified :/

*hugs* you'll be okay

Haha....what a thread killer my last comment was!!

What does one of them do?

Sounds exciting...

Will there be bananas?

Talking of them, we had a banana just before we went to the Lake District, so my mum put it in the car. As a result, we ended up taking a banana to and from the Lake District in our car without once touching it!

Bananas will soon be extinct I reckon. We must look after them as best we can. There is also a lentil drought and there will be very few (if any) imports this year I heard. So stock up..

I've killed more threads than you've had hot dinners. You have a long way to go, little one.



Cucumbers are already extinct. The cucumber-shaped -coloured -smelling -tasting items you see in shops nowadays are in fact genetically modified hamsters. This has been the case since August 2001, but it was all hushed up at the time.

I thought they had an odd twang to them these days...

lol

*Rolls eyes*

For those who are unaware, an adolesent unit is a bit like a mental hospital for self destructive teenagers, only they try to make it sound nicer by calling it a unit!!

Sorry if you have been offended MM I've been upgraded from Psychotherapist up to Psychiatrist so hopefully more useful
Have you seen the film: Girl, Interrupted? You might enjoy it, I certainly did, and made me feel less lonely.
x

No offence taken

The amusing thing is that I'm seeing about 6 mental health specialists, and at the moment the person helping me the most is my music teacher at school.

Haven't seen the film but will try and get a copy of it.

Best of luck, MM. The younger sister of one of my students has attended somewhere similar and they helped her a huge amount.

Thanks.

As long as they let me take my instruments I'll be happy

Still hoping I dont have to go though.

What a random thread.