@Fireball
This is exactly how I learned conversational Irish. Not fluent (I read it better than I speak it), but I can ask directions, order a meal, pay a bill, hire a car, that sort of thing.
This skill is surprisingly unhelpful in New Zealand.
Boru
Quote:It's going to be worse, there. English is also shit, and basically has to be spoken while growing up, for fluency.
This is exactly how I learned conversational Irish. Not fluent (I read it better than I speak it), but I can ask directions, order a meal, pay a bill, hire a car, that sort of thing.
This skill is surprisingly unhelpful in New Zealand.
Boru
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