Anyone Speak Another Language(s)? — Page 3

I can speak Hebrew...although I'm not as fluent as I was when I lived in Israel.

Akiva

Pol,

We're either lazy or embarrassed.

I took 3 years of Spanish in High School, 3 years in college and participated in the weekly tertulia at the campus bar.

On my mission I had to memorize a short "door approach" in Spanish in case, as we were going door-to-door, we found a household that did not speak English. My accent is terrible so I don't like speaking it but, at that point, I could still understand it pretty well and knew when folks were just blowing us off... They usually thought we were INS. :o)

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"How is sign language different in other countries? For example, would the sign for "cat" be different in American than Spain...hence AMERICAN Sign Language"

Possibly, possibly not. ASL is used mostly in Canada and the U.S.

Also, just because English is spoken in Australia, the UK, and lots of other countries, doesn't mean their Sign Language is the same -- each one has their own Sign Language.

Still, when there are international gatherings, I believe Gesturo is used (I don't think it's like Esperanto, but it is intended to be used for those who use lots of different Sign Languages).

This is a really interesting site... (and the guy is very entertaining)
Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world

Matt_G speaks Deletion.

Took Spanish and Latin in High School. I am now learning
Welsh, and Gaelic. I have a little French.
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I speak German, Spanish, Latin and Japanese. Well, in theory. It's been 5 years since I used any of them so with the exception of my Spanish (a mate of mine is studying it to degree so we use it to chat to each other to give her practice) I probably would struggle with them now.