May 4, 2009
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Can you speak a foreign language? If not, which one would you want to learn? Why?
Eh, I've taken Spanish all my life, but I cant speak it and have no incentive to. The language that I DO want to learn, however, is DUTCH. Why, you ask? Because Dutch is the shit, it's much more similar to English than most other languages, and they speak it in Amsterdam, which happens to be my favorite country and if there was such a thing as heaven on earth, that would be it for me.
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Comments (3)
I took many years of Spanish in high school and I still can't get much past "hola". If I could learn a language quickly and easily, I would want to learn Spanish, mostly because it would help in the career I'm going for. But I don't have the time or the patience to actually learn the language.
@kad1190 -
I wanted to learn Spanish for many of the same reasons, mainly because Spanish speakers make up a good chunk of America. However, since I've come to terms with the fact that America is not my favorite country in the world, I realize that I would much rather embrace the language and culture of the place on this earth where I would be the happiest. After all, everyone deserves to be happy, and there's no reason to resort for second-best when I could go for the gold.
The Dutch are an awesome bunch. I have a friend from The Netherlands and she can speak like 5+ languages. Smart, intelligent folks.