Meaning, if I were suddenly snatched up and carried off to Germany I could get by with basic conversation. I also can recite several poems, not that it's ANY help whatsoever. Pretty sure Germans would just blink in surprise at some crazy American giving them an impromptu rendition of "Die Lorelei."
That could be your thing!
Yeah, I can see it now:
ME:
"Guten tag! *ahem*
Ich weiss nicht,
Was soll es bedeuten,
Das ich so traurig bin,
Ein Marchen aus alten Zeiten
Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn!"
GERMAN CITIZEN:
*blink* Entschuldigung?
OK linguaphiles and intelligentsia of RAFO, which language should I learn?
20/12/2009 05:25:54 PM
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If you learn Spanish, it won't be that hard to learn Portugese and Italian *NM*
20/12/2009 08:18:11 PM
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I vote German. It's the closest that I I come to "speaking" another language.
21/12/2009 03:15:42 AM
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No, man...
21/12/2009 11:42:58 AM
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LOL - you could be right
22/12/2009 02:41:57 AM
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I'd suggest Spanish.
21/12/2009 07:30:26 AM
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I'm neither of those things in your title, but I'll put in another vote for Spanish.
21/12/2009 02:08:09 PM
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We all have our own prejudices for suggesting languages. Of the three, I suggest French.
21/12/2009 02:32:45 PM
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