Languages

[Angrboda]

I wanted to take Latin in HS but the only teacher who taught it left to become a realtor before I was able to sign up.  My later foray into Medical Assisting meant studying medical terminology which is heavy on the Latin.  I did well with it and can break down a lot of words, but I certainly can't have a conversation in Latin.

Being in the middle of a cornfield in the 70s, Spanish and French didn't seem like they would be of much use.  

I understand, but don't speak, American Southern redneck...'cause I married one and learned along the way.  There are still times that I have to figure out, through context, WTH he's talking about.  When we were first married there were times I would ask him to spell what he just said as I was at a loss.

I'm always afraid I'll be seen as racist for this, but I have more difficulty understanding a lot of the black people I speak with. I suppose there's a bit of a selection effect in that I don't remember all the conversations I've had with black people that I found perfectly intelligible, so it's probably only a minority of black people. My parents were raised in the south, so southern is fairly natural for me. Not as much for Hillbilly or Louisianian.