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@minnie As requested, here's my next salvo in the #TeddyBearWars

@drxvi @joannasays @josefkonrad @albertopastor @robertov @hereforthepopcorn @VeeHappened60 Who's up for some #Poetry analysis? Machado's last line here confounds me. He goes from road to sea.

https://youtube.com/shorts/KSqHiMil5PE
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Jess Martin
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My Spanish is rusty - I think it's supposed to be "un poema para ti" @minnie @joannasays but do carry on.

Joanna and I look forward to your Flamenco bear.
04:27 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Josef Konrad
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This suggests there are some polyglots among us. So what languages do we speak/understand (to some degree) or do we hope to learn?
Know: English, French, German
Swearing: Greek
Hope: Spanish, Japanese

@drxvi @joannasays @minnie @albertopastor @robertov @hereforthepopcorn @VeeHappened60 @jessmartin
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04:35 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Stewart Tan
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In response to Josef Konrad.
Know: English, Tagalog (popular 🇵🇭 dialect), Fookien / Hokkien (Chinese dialect spoken in 🇵🇭 🇹🇼 🇸🇬)

Should know: Mandarin (as my parents said to me "12 years of Mandarin but still can't order from the menu!")

Spanish: a smidgen
08:54 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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Josef Konrad
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In response to Stewart Tan.
I love how language always goes back to food!
09:01 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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Travel Buff
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In response to Josef Konrad.
Cuban Spanish, a little Portuguese, a little Moroccan Arabic. Those 2 just because I always try to learn enough to get by when I travel. Used to have some Bahasa Melayu/Indonesian but too long ago.
Want to learn? More of all of the above, except Spanish and English :-0
07:55 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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Minnie the Pooh
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In response to Josef Konrad.
Hope: #Strine
04:06 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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Jess Martin
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In response to Minnie the Pooh.
I'm getting there mate, I'm getting there.

I'll be posting F sometime today. Down the road.
06:29 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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Brussels spouts
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In response to Josef Konrad.
Native: Flemish (Belgian Dutch)
Fluent: English
At the moment quite rusty: French, German
Can help myself: Greek
A handful of words and phrases: Portuguese

I guess a dead language doesn't count, but I'm gonna mention it anyway: high school Latin
08:50 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Josef Konrad
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In response to Brussels spouts.
Confession. Years back, I was surprised to learn that French is not spoken by everyone in Belgium. Given the popularity of characters like Tintin and Lucky Luke here in Quebec, and being told these characters were Belgian and seeing the text in French, I incorrectly jumped to this conclusion.
11:27 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Jess Martin
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In response to Brussels spouts.
Fuckkkkk @anndraulans

Seriously mate, when are you going to help @Minnie with her LATIN?!!! HULLO?

AVE?!!!
06:27 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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Diane Turner
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In response to Josef Konrad.
Oh. I want to speak Italian. So I can say Prego all day. And lengthen my vowels in dramatic fashion.
07:57 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Marc Girolimetti
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In response to Diane Turner.
As a card carrying member of the So Many Vowels Club, just use it even when people speak English. It spices things up. Heck, I was just in Nicaragua and my Italian words flew out, which got me some funny looks, especially when I said aqua in lieu of agua. 😂
08:18 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Diane Turner
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In response to Josef Konrad.
I can order a glass of wine in a bunch of languages.

I know traveller speak. Studied French in school and may be able to partly understand you if you speak very slowly.
07:54 AM - Aug 16, 2023 (Edited)
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Josef Konrad
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In response to Diane Turner.
That. Is. A. Life. Skill.
07:57 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Ben Peterson
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In response to Josef Konrad.
Fluent: English
Comfortable: Swedish
Broken: Spanish
Some words and phrases: Tagalog, Korean
Want to learn: Portuguese
07:19 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Josef Konrad
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In response to Ben Peterson.
What's drawing you to Portuguese? Is travel to Portugal or Brazil on the agenda?

I love traveling, but I always feel I need to prepare myself somehow, and learn some of the language before going anywhere.
07:23 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Paul Chenoweth
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In response to Josef Konrad.
I speak English and am fluent in "Suthun" 🫢
I 'barely manage' with construction and first aid Spanish...but am terrific at ordering Mexican food.
...and I study Mayan glyphs and know a hundred (or so) on sight. That makes me semi-fluent... Ya'll 🤔
06:21 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Jess Martin
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In response to Paul Chenoweth.
Mayan glyphs? Do tell....
07:37 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Jess Martin
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In response to Josef Konrad.
I hope to learn some Cantonese/Mandarin though it's going to be a hard slog though. I only know Nihao and Sheh sheh

With Google Translate I can wing my way with the Romance languages.

Everybody swears Josef!!! LOL My go to was Scheiße @bron1us
06:05 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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bron1us
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In response to Jess Martin.
Hilarious! That’s what my husband says all the time! 😂😂😂
08:10 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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bron1us
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In response to Josef Konrad.
I am fluent only English. Know some French, Spanish, Japanese and German. I will sing in any language if a song moves me to do so and I also ASL sign quite poorly ☺️
06:02 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Jess Martin
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In response to bron1us.
Is your ASL similar to our ASL? Is it universal?
06:06 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Joanna
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In response to Josef Konrad.
oooh, swearing in Greek - examples?
04:37 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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Josef Konrad
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In response to Joanna.
@JoannaSays How about: gamóto, maláka, malakía, and skatá na fas. My grandfather on my mother's side was from Lemnos.
04:49 AM - Aug 16, 2023
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