scream-of-consciousness;
"If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell."
I took Spanish first, like a lot of New Yorkers. Later took Russian, which wasn't too easy. Finally, as an adult, I took Farsi. Went to class for many months, and did well, and even did the written language. Now, 30 years later, there is little I can remember. I had been to Iran several times while in the AF, but didn't learn the language till a few years later.
Believe it or not: Afrikaans. Like German in that the principle verb ends the sentence, but Afrik doesn't have that tiresome European fetish for gender-specific pronouns & adjectives, and case-specific nouns. Also fewer pronunciation issues (like French, dear God).
"I lost my hat" German: Ich habe meinen Hoed verloren Afrik: Ek het my hoed verloor French: J'ai perdu mon chapeau etc
Too bad Afrikaans is a pointless language spoken only by a couple million people worldwide.
I took Spanish first, like a lot of New Yorkers. Later took Russian, which wasn't too easy. Finally, as an adult, I took Farsi. Went to class for many months, and did well, and even did the written language. Now, 30 years later, there is little I can remember. I had been to Iran several times while in the AF, but didn't learn the language till a few years later.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not: Afrikaans. Like German in that the principle verb ends the sentence, but Afrik doesn't have that tiresome European fetish for gender-specific pronouns & adjectives, and case-specific nouns. Also fewer pronunciation issues (like French, dear God).
ReplyDelete"I lost my hat"
German: Ich habe meinen Hoed verloren
Afrik: Ek het my hoed verloor
French: J'ai perdu mon chapeau
etc
Too bad Afrikaans is a pointless language spoken only by a couple million people worldwide.
In the Marine Corps we were bilingual. We spoke English and Profanity. The profanity was pretty easy to pick up.
ReplyDeleteStill workin' on my gulldanged English, here, boss.
ReplyDeleteI saw they offered Canadian. I'm gonna give it a shot 'eh?
ReplyDeleteTim
We can name 3 brands of Canadian cigarettes:
ReplyDeleteExport, eh?
Craven, eh?
DuMauri, eh?
Ann Hedonia & Sam Paku
USMC2841 wrote:
ReplyDelete"In the Marine Corps we were bilingual. We spoke English and Profanity. The profanity was pretty easy to pick up."
I'm sure it was. After all, one of the first lessons is that "USMC" stands for "U Signed the Muthafuckin' Contract!"
Moo-lin-yan Nabo-li-don
In 50+ years, I became proficient in Engrish and Spanglish. Ten years later, I can translate for the PA locals...
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