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Y'ever hear those stories about someone getting a bump on the head and they suddenly start speaking in a foreign language?
November 08, 2017, 11:57 AM
parabellumY'ever hear those stories about someone getting a bump on the head and they suddenly start speaking in a foreign language?
If this happened to you, what language would you want to end up speaking?
Myself, I think I'd like to start speaking in Mandarin Chinese at ninety to nothin'.
Keep politics out of this thread, please.
November 08, 2017, 11:59 AM
justjoeSanskrit. Perfect Sanskrit.
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November 08, 2017, 12:01 PM
AeteoclesMandarin. Russian close second.
November 08, 2017, 12:01 PM
ArtieSGaelic. That way if I get it wrong, no one will know.
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November 08, 2017, 12:02 PM
darkest2000German, or Japanese.
November 08, 2017, 12:02 PM
lbjAnything that would be considered speaking in tongues.
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November 08, 2017, 12:05 PM
BamaJeepsterI'd go Mandarin Chinese as well.
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BB61Afroasiatic with an emphasis on Ancient Egyptian along with the written language or ancient Mayan and their ancestors along with the written language. Either would be fine as the cultures fascinate me.
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November 08, 2017, 12:07 PM
Jimbo54Spanish, simply because I'd be able to use it on a daily basis regretfully.
Jim
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November 08, 2017, 12:08 PM
medic451If you include the ability to read and speak, Id say Latin. Lots of ancient documents and historical items that would be interesting to read.
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- John Wayne in "The Shootist" November 08, 2017, 12:13 PM
apprenticeAstrophysics. I'd love to be able to read the chalkboards in the background of sci-fi shows.
Otherwise I'd like to know Latin.
November 08, 2017, 12:23 PM
Lord VaalicMartian so when the new overlords come I can commiunicate
Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day November 08, 2017, 12:24 PM
airsoft guyWhatever it is the drivers speak when they try to play Language Barrier with me at work. Motherfucker, you know why you're here, you know what info I need, this isn't your first rodeo, this ain't your first rodeo with me, you were here last month, I remember, because of course I remember "Ramandeep", your name might as well just be Gay Sex, now give me the goddamned pickup number!
All that, but in like, Hindi, I guess.
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November 08, 2017, 12:25 PM
tatortoddJive
In all seriousness, Spanish would be the most useful for work, day to day, and vacations.
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12131Korean
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November 08, 2017, 12:27 PM
ArLEOretHebrew/Aramaic so I can read the Bible in the original form.
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November 08, 2017, 12:28 PM
newtoSig765If I got hit hard enough, do you think I could understand women?
Naaaah, never mind, it's not worth it.
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November 08, 2017, 12:30 PM
Sig2340For utility: Legalese, Arabic, Mandarin, or Spanish
For why the heck not: Welsh
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November 08, 2017, 12:33 PM
H&K-GuyCanadian. So when those seal killing bastages try to invade from the north, I can scream at them to surrender, or I will fart in their general direction, 'n' stuff.
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November 08, 2017, 12:33 PM
LS1 GTOFarsi or Arabic - hopefully without accent or dialect
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