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languages study

markultrablacka4h8cdajmarkultrablacka4h8cdaj Posts: 2
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I would like to study some languages. I think that it would be pretty good for my education at all. Am I right?
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  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    “ I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse”

    Emperor Charles V
    Rutland, England
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The thing is @pansyface, there’s English as she us taught and then there’s English loike what is spoke

    https://rumowddew.com/top-10-suffolk-phrases/#:~:text=1 Thas a rum owd dew Of course,good That’s%20very%20good.%20...%20More%20items...%20

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    This is a gardeners' forum, UK based, so uses English, but very inclusive. All gardeners or those interested in gardens are welcome, wherever they come from, whatever other languages they may otherwise use. The second language most used on here is Botanical Latin.
    I learned some Latin at school and find it surprisingly useful, not only for understanding plant names, but it also helps with deciphering  Romance languages such as Italian, Spanish French and some English words and even the odd word of Welsh :)
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    edited April 2021
    I also did Latin at school, but I think I have learned more of it from the University of Life and from being interested in gardening and astronomy. At one time educated people all spoke Latin but nobody ever uses it today, and fortunately English is the de facto lingua franca.   :p
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Funny question to ask on a gardening forum! 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’m expecting an advert for a language course to appear before long @Lyn ... sure as Easter Eggs is Easter Eggs 🥚 🐣 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Not a great start to make a grammatical error in the title, then🙄
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    The second sentence was incorrect as well.
    Rutland, England
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    To be able to interact with someone in a foreign land, in their own tongue is something to be savoured.  It also merits respect by them.
  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    I'm very lucky to be living and working in France, lifetime ambition. Speaking French is something that I work towards every day. When I first arrived I went to French lessons 5 days a week, up until Covid 😢 I spoke french everyday with my customers. 
    I'm not sure it makes me more educated, I'm just able to talk rubbish in two languages. 😅

    However, education has to be a good thing, just the act of learning is to be recommended - selling dodgy deals, well that's an entirely different thing, in any language. I'm with @Dovefromabove so far, we'll see....
    • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
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