Frank and Ernest by Thaves for December 28, 2021

Once selected by military for a comprehensive course in Mandarin Chinese. Promised full 4-year college level credits in just 8 months. This was in the 1950’s. Question that killed it for me was with whom would I converse in my mid-south home state? Nowadays, it would see more use. But, then, I would also need one of the other romance languages, populations shifts being what they are.

Like, you know what you’re talking about now?

No bueno.

Huh. I can sort of understand Canadian English, British English, American English, Aussie English, several different English patois, Brooklyn English, Manhattan English, Southwestern English, New England English, southern English. . .

Not only did Dopey Joe and Cackles Kamala both attend that school to learn English but they both have Master’s Degrees. Believe It or … well, just Believe It! As a bonus… Jill “MILF” Biden got her Doctorate there because it was the only place that would accept her three page double spaced dissertation on the only community college in Delaware. Dr Jill is now a consultant on Dr Fauchistein’s staff and owns stock in Wuhan Whoopsie Labs LLC.

“Hello, “Good-bye”, “Thank you”, and “where’s the bathroom” in 5 languages.

Trying to learn some French cuz I’m going there next year. Now I understand why English is so complicated.

hey, that sounds about right about myself. :D

You can be a crashing bore in 6 languages!

My husband could pick up a new language in a snap. Business trip to Germany? No problem. Worked for a Korean company, then worked In Greece. He would even speak in other languages in his sleep.

Gute fahrt!

Real English would be the best…

Learning a foreign language is impossible. The entire point of learning a language is so that it won’t be foreign anymore.

Did that in high school with Russian, could speak and read like a native, but not understand a word of it.

unazumgunza na mimi?

Love it! This is priceless classic humor. Thanks for the laugh. Great way to start a day.

My trouble is that I can learn a language well enough to ask questions, but not well enough to understand the answers.

Ha. Me learns foreign language in regular school.

the great thing about being multilingual is that i can make myself misunderstood in several different ways…

Then no different than English?