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Read and speak: English, Latin, Classical Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Shanghainese Chinese,
Read: Renaissance Italian, Coptic (a wee bit), Classical Armenian (also known as Grabar), Slavonic and Russian (enough to get by in chuch), Romanian (again enough for church).
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Sorry, I don't think that is possible, what with all those languages! We MUST be envious and mean... 
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Graci, esskreemr!
English is my first language. I'm a beginner in Esperanto and I have terrible French.
-Da Mose "I refuse to be a sexy victim of history!"
-Red Robot C-63
"My pleasure, inferior one."
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I peak-say ig-pay atin-lay.
And I communicate in ASL and I have a basic knowledge of French (not that great... I don't work hard enough at it).
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Jojagog poproratotaror sosvovenonsoskoka... 
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 Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Swedish and Norwegian are very closely related. Yeah, considering they're the SAME LANGUAGE.
*Ducks to avoid angry nationalists*
Just kidding. Really though, they're mutually intelligible, like:
Belorussian and Russian
Spanish and Portugese
English and Lowland Scots
Serbian and Croatian (which actually ARE the same language, spoken)
-Da Mose "I refuse to be a sexy victim of history!"
-Red Robot C-63
"My pleasure, inferior one."
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Originally Posted by Moses Yeah, considering they're the SAME LANGUAGE. No, they're not the same language.
As an example, comparing swedish and -- say -- norwegian would be more like comparing polish to russian. They're closely related, but not the same language.
Danish is close to swedish and norwegian too, but still a unique language.
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen No, they're not the same language.
As an example, comparing swedish and -- say -- norwegian would be more like comparing polish to russian. They're closely related, but not the same language.
Danish is close to swedish and norwegian too, but still a unique language. Yeah, I thought I made it clear that I knew that when I said:
Originally Posted by Moses Just kidding. Really though, they're mutually intelligible, like: -Da Mose "I refuse to be a sexy victim of history!"
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Fluent: English, Russian, Ukrainian
Can get by with some difficulties: Czech, Hebrew
Passive vocabulary only (read & understand speech, but can't speak myself): Slovak, Polish, Yiddish
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Fluent: English
Basic: German
Can Decipher: Ancient Greek - Which appears to be rather overrepresented in this thread.
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Originally Posted by KD5MDK Can Decipher: Ancient Greek - Which appears to be rather overrepresented in this thread. Well, there you go! Fencers are a smart lot 
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Ot-nay all-ay encers-fay are-ay mart-say.
Post on this board more and you'll see.
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I speak Hungarian (whoa, what a wonder), English (again) and Italian fluently.
I've just started Swedish, had one year of Latin (now I just get what's written and I know most of the medical phrases)... Ah, and two years of German, but now I just understand it read or spoken, and tho I can't really make up sentences, I can still get around with it. Also, I've learnt a few polite things in Serbian.
Important words (like fencing, foil, saber...) in way more languages.  ***Nusy***
aka Mrs I_luv_saber
I'm married to the Hussar of f.net...
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Fluent: English
Can read/speak with some difficulty: Gaelic (Irish)
In the process of learning: Russian
Swordwench: It did. Most Americans don't know what you're talking about when you say the word "Gaelic" so they've decided to supposedly make it easier on everyone by simply calling it "Irish".
Sláinte chuig na fir, agus go mairfidh na mná go deo! 
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Yes, but there's Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic...maybe others as well. They are a bit like Swedish and Norwegian - closely related and mutually intelligble, but different (same with Manx, but there are about 3 Manx speakers on the planet), Welsh is like comparing English to, say, Dutch, where there are common ancestry, and you can understand certain words and phrases, but they are very different. Cornish, I think (but don't know for certain) is like Welsh.
For the record, I speak English, Bollocks, and Drunkenese very fluently, can get by in French and German, and can swear in a couple of other languages  The Stalwart Panda
I'm not grumpy - I suffer from stupidity rage
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