(November 2, 2016 at 7:00 pm)abaris Wrote:(November 2, 2016 at 6:15 pm)Lucanus Wrote: My dream is to be fluent in ALL the languages. But for now I'm happy with just knowing English (other than my first language)
Hopefully you aren't on the ass end of the earthquakes of late.
Nah I'm alright man, thankfully I live in one of the least seismic zones in Italy. Some relatives of mine in Rome said they felt it, but none of them got hurt. Thanks for asking
(November 2, 2016 at 7:00 pm)abaris Wrote: That said, I would love to learn Italian. I can read it by using my latin and French, but talking or writing is a different matter entirely. Although some 30 years ago, I was invited to a small village at the banks of the Po where noone spoke anything but Italian. I managed after a few days. Not in real way, but exchanging some grunts and phrases that I learned there. It was the time of the Methanol scandal and shortly after the Glycol scandal in Austria. Since we drank a lot of wine, we mainly joked about that.
I can imagine the kind of grunts those guys taught you bahahaha
Honestly I feel the same way about French and Spanish; I can understand them, but I can't speak (or write) them for the life of me!
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Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
