Who wants cheese?

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The POLL to accompany my post about languages. As usual, I cut myself off because I ran out of time, and not necessarily because I finished asking everything I wanted. So take note: there may be follow-up questions! XD

For the purposes of this poll, we will use the following definitions from Wikipedia, that bastion of academic rigor and accuracy: (Also see this article on multilingualism.)

Language fluency is used informally to denote broadly a high level of language proficiency, most typically foreign language or another learned language, and more narrowly to denote fluid language use, as opposed to slow, halting use.

Conversational means able to carry on a casual conversation, but not necessarily without halts in speech, or gaps in vocabulary.

Skip any questions that don't apply. Pretend that it's not weird I spend so much of my free time coming up with meaningless LJ Polls written in unneccessarily-academic language.


[Poll #1706752]

Please leave any details you're willing to share about your language abilities and experiences learning foreign languages in the comments below!

Comments

[inkdancer.livejournal.com]

As I said earlier, I am fluent in German (by the above definition- I still feel that I have much to learn) and conversational in French. I want to learn more, particularly either Mandarin or Japanese. I know a few words in Spanish, Japanese, Latin, Italian, and Russian, but those are mostly for fun and would not get me even as far as the nearest restroom or train station in any of the countries that speak them. (Knowing the Spanish word for "bubble" and how to say "slower" in Italian will not be much use to me, I feel.)

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

You never know what's going to come in handy when! I can think of plenty of uses for the word "slower", but most of them are dirty, so I'll move swiftly on. ;)

Did you achieve fluency in German through school? If so, color me impressed!

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Color me impressed anyway--German is a cool language, and anyone who speaks more than one language is doing way better than I am!