High School Language Class
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They offer sign language up here and my oldest daughter took it. She's actually used it a good bit when she was in New York.cege said:
That's the only language that I've ever thought, "Dammit, I wish I could sign!" People speaking Spanish, couldn't care less - you're in friggin' America so speak English. But I've been in a couple of situations where the cashier couldn't understand what the customer was trying to tell them, and I thought it would be cool to be able to sign. All I can say in sign language is, "Mmmmm....bacon..."
Is that a Simpsons thing?crabcake said:
sockgirl77
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LHS let me do sign language as my foreign language. I have a few deaf ppl in my family so this made more sense for me. The only thing that sucked about it is that they only offered lessons in a club afterschool. But, it was great.bresamil said:My son wants to take a language but he's having trouble deciding which one. He nixed French right away - being a history/war buff, he's anti France. So he's choosing between Spanish, German, and Latin.
There are many Spanish speaking immigrants here, so that may be a good choice.
He's considering German because there is German heritage on both sides.
Latin ----my old teacher got a hold of him at open house and he's a good salesman.
I'm not sure if any one would be more beneficial than the other. He's planning on going into computer programming.
Any ideas on which way to guide him?
I took Latin in high school. My sentiment was basically, I'd HAD French in grade school and forgot most of it, so I'd be crazy to think that taking a language in high school had anything to do with me being able to actually SPEAK it. No one I've ever known who took a language in high school ever became remotely fluent in it, and most forgot all of it.bresamil said:My son wants to take a language but he's having trouble deciding which one. He nixed French right away - being a history/war buff, he's anti France. So he's choosing between Spanish, German, and Latin.
There are many Spanish speaking immigrants here, so that may be a good choice.
He's considering German because there is German heritage on both sides.
Latin ----my old teacher got a hold of him at open house and he's a good salesman.
I'm not sure if any one would be more beneficial than the other. He's planning on going into computer programming.
Any ideas on which way to guide him?
On the other hand, Latin helped me immensely when it came to things like the SAT. Half the English language is derived from Latin (while slightly over a quarter of it comes from Greek). It still helps in things like that, plus, just like other language classes, a great deal of history and culture was involved as well. I really liked it.
Toxick
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bresamil said:
My $0.02:
From a practical standpoint, Spanish would make the most sense. Especially if he ever ends up moving southward. It's not that hard to pick up either. In Tucson I learned quite a bit of spanish, almost against my will through sheer osmosis. I also understand that if you know one romance language (spanish, portugese, italian), that you can pick up the other's very very easily, because they're all very similar.
German sounds like it would be fun to learn. I like the sound of it.
Latin is a dead language. I suppose it could assist in learning other languages, since so many languages use it as a base, but I don't see much point in it, unless one is going to be a historian or a linguist, or something like that.
I'd like to learn Icelandic.
sockgirl77
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beer and biatch please?Toxick said:
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Hey don't nix France right off. It's only the recent history that they have not really done anthing. Prior to 1900 they were one of the superpowers going back more than a thousand years. If your going to study European history or warfare, you have to study France.bresamil said:My son wants to take a language but he's having trouble deciding which one. He nixed French right away - being a history/war buff, he's anti France. So he's choosing between Spanish, German, and Latin.
There are many Spanish speaking immigrants here, so that may be a good choice.
He's considering German because there is German heritage on both sides.
Latin ----my old teacher got a hold of him at open house and he's a good salesman.
I'm not sure if any one would be more beneficial than the other. He's planning on going into computer programming.
Any ideas on which way to guide him?
How old is he? Does he plan on making History a career or a major in college? If so I'd have to say Latin then.
sockgirl77
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Yeah, I know what puta means but I couldn't find a censored enough word to post.Toxick said:Close enough
Beer and putang please?
Better? :shrug:
sockgirl77
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According to the few words that my spanish speaking friend has taught me, it means a word that means cat but can be transulated into cooter. Was she wrong?Nickel said:
Nickel
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I was taught by my Spanish teacher that it means prostitute/whore. I worked for a publisher, and read a review copy of a stupid book that revolved around a "puta", or "whore". It is an extremely offensive term.sockgirl77 said:
http://www.freetranslation.com/
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sockgirl77
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Yeah it is, no matter which one it means. This deserves a google session!Nickel said:
Nickel
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It means prostitute or whore. I'm not retarded.sockgirl77 said:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=puta