Question:
So, as well as scuba diving, a martial art, getting his helicopter licence, his driver licence, maybe actually getting some guitar lessons, having a clifftop, ten-minute, carefully choreographed fight to the death with his archnemesis, bringing about the revolution and cutting down on the non-sequiturs, Lithos is learning a third language, his first being English and his second being Bad.

What should it be?

(No smartarse answers, either, like COBOL or Japanese).

Choices:
Espanol
Francais
Deutsche
Arabic
I'm Bravus, and neutral in all things. So, Swiss goes here.

 

Spanish, because from all the languages listed it is probably the most widespread one.

Although i should point out that the swiss language is actually really cool... it's german, french and italian all mushed into one.

Yeah. Spanish is what I voted for. 'Cause it's the most widespread.

I sound sarcastic in the last post, but I assure you, I wasn't being sarcastic.

I voted for german...
I like that language a lot and for some very weird reason love the sound of it.
Maybe cause it's the only other language I had classes in (besides english), but never really managed to maintain and expand. I had no cultural input in it alas.

Yeah, German's good. It where we stole a lotta English from.

Today, I was talking to my German mate at uni, telling her how I lost my timetable, even though I'd been determined not to, and she says in her kickarse German accent:

"Be more efficient! Like the Germans!"

Great.

Mandarin and it's not even on the list.

We're fucking Cantonese speakers, Crash!

Ok, I'm descended from 'em.

!Kung.

French, because that way I can point at you and laugh.

I had german classes from somebody who always spoke in a bit of a harsh way, you know chopping of his words very sharply. 'cause of that i always think of german as a bit of a harsh language even though it isn't.
Aside from that though, german accents aren't anywhere near as cute as a nice southern accent (spanish, greek, italian).

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Originally posted by lithos:
"Be more efficient! Like the Germans!"

Great.

that logic was being used to deny the holocaust on the radio yesterday - obviously there wasn't a concerted effort to wipe out the jews, because the germans are efficient and there would be no jews left if that was the case. i had to laugh. bloody stupidity.

anyway, avoiding a jacking.
from your list i would probably say spanish, since it is so widespread.
personally i did french in school. french and german were the only options. well that and latin...
my french however is not something i would boast about.
but i just started learning mandarin, again the theory being there are so many people that speak it. third lesson tonight, its slow going, though i can already feel it getting easier! (ha, what an idiot i am, i'll get to class tonight and quickly be out of my depth!)

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Originally posted by Tyrant ArkanGL The Vth:
French, because that way I can point at you and laugh.

What? Like we did for the last two World Wars?

Kiddin'.

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Originally posted by lithos:
We're fucking Cantonese speakers, Crash!

Ok, I'm descended from 'em.

We are? Well then Mandarin should come easily to you. :P

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Originally posted by lithos:
We're fucking Cantonese speakers, Crash!

Ok, I'm descended from 'em.

You know when I saw Crash's answer I was about to pounce on him for it but then I thought 'Oh wait... It's better to sit back and watch Lithos take care of that one.'

Efharisto, strivvie!

Tulailamo, Crash!

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Originally posted by striv:
I voted for german...
I like that language a lot and for some very weird reason love the sound of it.

That have to be some really weird reason indeed. If you ask me, the sound of it is rather commanding. It is a good language to write, as you can create your own word combinations ... but if it comes to talking ... well.

I would go for Francais or Espanol - depending on which is for more use to you. They are sort of related, so once you mastered one, it is rather easy to learn the other.

That said, I tried to learn French once ... as i wanted to take part at the GTR. Beside the fact that I was hopeless, recent events, made me change this plans. Mastering English is more important right now.

Didn't you mean "Du lay lo ma" ?

You're rustier than I thought. ;-) I thought you were fluent.

Any romantic language would be a good choice since many others are derived from the same root form.

Arabic. Much more useful for employment.

You look like the kinda guy who needs it spelled out in phonetics, Crash.