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Offline ahinton

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #50 on: November 13, 2007, 08:02:14 AM
Ok, so far we've got:
English
French
German
Spanish
Mandarin
Japanese
Swahili
Latin
Italian
Kurdish
Arabic
Russian
Ahinton[ian](?)
Have I missed any?
I don't know (as I've not checked) but I do note that you appear to have one too many...

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Offline schubertiad

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #51 on: November 14, 2007, 02:15:57 AM
Not including Ahintonian (which I think is a dialect anyway) then I count 13 languages on pianostreet so far.
I don't think my half dozen swearwords in Korean counts as speaking the language, otherwise we could have added another.
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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #52 on: November 14, 2007, 03:46:32 AM
My Franglais is pretty good.
Cogito eggo sum. I think, therefore I am a waffle.

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #53 on: November 14, 2007, 05:52:53 AM
As is my Spanglish...
Durch alle Töne tönet
Im bunten Erdentraum
Ein leiser Ton gezogen
Für den, der heimlich lauschet.

Offline ahinton

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #54 on: November 14, 2007, 08:08:24 AM
Not including Ahintonian (which I think is a dialect anyway) then I count 13 languages on pianostreet so far.
You seem to be doing too much thinking and it appears to be bad for you! There is no such dialect. I am not usually one to cite Wikipedia, but there's no evidence of it there, as far as I am aware...

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Offline retrouvailles

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #55 on: November 14, 2007, 08:15:30 AM
I think I might create a wikipedia article for you Alistair. I have seen your name pop up in other people's wikis. I might include a section on ahintonian as well, heh.

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #56 on: November 14, 2007, 09:31:06 AM
Czech, I believe, hasn't been mentioned yet.

(And then C, C++... Do these languages count? They should, formally...)
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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #57 on: November 14, 2007, 10:00:21 AM
I think I might create a wikipedia article for you Alistair. I have seen your name pop up in other people's wikis. I might include a section on ahintonian as well, heh.
In the interests of not misleading readers of Wikipedia, you would be well advised to omit that section!

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #58 on: November 14, 2007, 12:14:01 PM
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I speak a little (very little to be honest) Georgian.
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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #59 on: November 16, 2007, 09:53:11 PM
I speak fluent danish, and understand most of swedish and norwegian. Where are the other scandinaves?
Belles journées, souris du temps,
vous rongez peu à peu ma vie.
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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #60 on: November 17, 2007, 01:47:56 AM
Durch alle Töne tönet
Im bunten Erdentraum
Ein leiser Ton gezogen
Für den, der heimlich lauschet.

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #61 on: November 17, 2007, 09:56:52 AM
I speak Finnish, English and some Swedish.

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #62 on: November 18, 2007, 12:29:11 AM
Sono l'unica persona che parla Italiano?


Ritengo speciale. 8)

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #63 on: November 18, 2007, 12:40:14 AM
Does that translate as "Am I the only person who speaks Italian? I feel special"
h lp! S m b dy  st l   ll th  v w ls  fr m  my  k y b  rd!

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #64 on: November 18, 2007, 02:32:35 AM
daym boay, u a stalyyn lyk they say? ;)
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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #65 on: November 18, 2007, 02:43:12 AM
Sono l'unica persona che parla Italiano?


Ritengo speciale. 8)

English, Spanish, Italian.

I will admit that my Italian sucks though.

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #66 on: November 18, 2007, 01:35:04 PM
Well,

I speak POLISH, English and a bit French.

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Your screenname would be "Klavierhuhn93" ;D in German

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #67 on: November 18, 2007, 08:26:53 PM
Sono l'unica persona che parla Italiano?


Ritengo speciale. 8)

My brother does, but he's not on here... I understand a lot of it, it really helps when you already know one of the romance languages. Please, no bad puns.

And that Skywalker thing would be "Må kraften være med dig, unge Himmelvandrer (Skywalker)" in Danish.
Belles journées, souris du temps,
vous rongez peu à peu ma vie.
Dieu! Je vais avoir vingt-huit ans...
Et mal vécus, à mon envie.

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #68 on: November 19, 2007, 06:57:21 AM
Fun topic! :)


English (obviously...), a little bit of Hebrew (still learning), and bits and pieces of French, Spanish, German, and Italian (and I do mean "bits and pieces").  Unfortunately, I'm not fluent in any language but English, but languages still fascinate me!
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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #69 on: November 19, 2007, 07:36:21 AM
Perfect command of the Dutch language here! I'm sure there are other Dutchies here though.

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Re: Cunning linguists
Reply #70 on: November 19, 2007, 08:05:35 AM
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