October 2019 15k SPAM Thread

[JayKay PE]

Find yourself a nice French boy toy...in Indiana? :rotflmao:

This sounds like the start of a horrible romantic comedy.  And I end up in a vat of molasses.

 

[JayKay PE]

TRRRIPLE POST

 

[leggo PE]

I hear ya, I learned "kitchen" Cantonese at home (couldn't discuss advanced topics like science or politics, just food and pleasantries) but it wasn't until I took Cantonese 1 and 2 at the community college as an adult that I really learned how to express myself (still learning though, Chinese is flippin' hard!).

That's sooo cool you at least have a foundation in Italian. LadySquare is annoyed with her mom and grandmother who didn't teach her. We'll probably take Italian 1 in the Fall semester next year.

I speak Cantonese and French (I no longer say I'm fluent, but I WAS fluent up to 2009 when I lived there), speak passable German (took up to intermediate German at community college), can read/pronounce Croatian, Russian, and Greek, can read Persian (but I don't know what I'm reading, basically just mouthing the alphabet). If I'm being honest, I'm mostly just faking it all as a party trick, but I'm a pretty good parrot.

I know this is way advance planning, but you should definitely be a parrot for Halloween next year.

 

[leggo PE]

Failing at posting.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

This sounds like the start of a horrible romantic comedy.  And I end up in a vat of molasses.

That'd make a good sitcom

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Failing at posting.

c'est la vie!

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

I know this is way advance planning, but you should definitely be a parrot for Halloween next year.

Yes, and my line will be: Donde está el SPAM?

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Well, Cajun French is definitely not the same as Parisian French. Heck, not even Cajun’s speak the same dialect, depending on how much Native American is in there too. 

 

[JayKay PE]

@squaretaper PE DUUUUUUUDE.  Whaaaaaaat?  How did you learn all those language/start getting involved with that?  I mean, I'm thinking of learning Italian since Polish and Russian are kinda difficult to find classes for, but French has always been the language I love.  I mean, what, that just blows my mind that you have all that language knowledge!

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Would it be bad if I drank an entire bottle of blackberry brandy? I mean, I’m already sick, how much sicker could it make me?

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

French protip: DO NOT say the French word for a female cat in French. A boy cat is "un chat" and a kitten is "chaton" and a kitty cat is "minou" but DO NOT, DO NOT say (and I don't even want to type this on the interwebz) "la ch*tte" (the asterisk is an "a"). It's equivalent to "p*ssy" or "c*nt". You've been warned.

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

Well, Cajun French is definitely not the same as Parisian French. Heck, not even Cajun’s speak the same dialect, depending on how much Native American is in there too. 

It's more Acadian, and it's incomprehensible. Gumbo is good though.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

To register for a class as a non-degree seeking student, I have to print out a form, fill it out, and then drop it off in person, fax it, or email it... Maine is quaint sometimes lol 

 

[txjennah PE]

I hear ya, I learned "kitchen" Cantonese at home (couldn't discuss advanced topics like science or politics, just food and pleasantries) but it wasn't until I took Cantonese 1 and 2 at the community college as an adult that I really learned how to express myself (still learning though, Chinese is flippin' hard!).

That's sooo cool you at least have a foundation in Italian. LadySquare is annoyed with her mom and grandmother who didn't teach her. We'll probably take Italian 1 in the Fall semester next year.

I speak Cantonese and French (I no longer say I'm fluent, but I WAS fluent up to 2009 when I lived there), speak passable German (took up to intermediate German at community college), can read/pronounce Croatian, Russian, and Greek, can read Persian (but I don't know what I'm reading, basically just mouthing the alphabet). If I'm being honest, I'm mostly just faking it all as a party trick, but I'm a pretty good parrot.

Dang! That's so badass!  Chinese looks really, really hard.  

I feel LadySquare's pain.  My grandmother is French but never wanted to teach me when I asked her.  I hope you all enjoy taking Italian in the fall, it's such a beautiful language   There are several channels I follow on Youtube for immersion, and they speak somewhat slowly...I can understand it pretty well when it's my mom speaking it or if someone is speaking it slowly.  But at normal Italian pace, forget it  

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

@squaretaper PE DUUUUUUUDE.  Whaaaaaaat?  How did you learn all those language/start getting involved with that?  I mean, I'm thinking of learning Italian since Polish and Russian are kinda difficult to find classes for, but French has always been the language I love.  I mean, what, that just blows my mind that you have all that language knowledge!

It's just a party trick, but it's mostly a hobby and I spend a lot of time studying instead of, I dunno, watching TV or going out (generally).

 

[Will.I.Am PE]

French protip: DO NOT say the French word for a female cat in French. A boy cat is "un chat" and a kitten is "chaton" and a kitty cat is "minnou" but DO NOT, DO NOT say (and I don't even want to type this on the interwebz) "la ch*tte" (the asterisk is an "a"). It's equivalent to "p*ssy" or "c*nt". You've been warned.

Yeah, and the feminine version of dog (la ch**nne as opposed to le chien) means... Well, female dog... 

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

Oh, one qualifier though @JayKay PE: I double majored in English AND French for my BA degree (long before I became an engineer). So, that explains how I picked up French, plus I lived there since I couldn't find a job here at the time.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

I got distrated and looked at the local college as well.

They have a "Lifelong Learners Institute" for folks 50+. There is a course on how to sell on Etsy and writing an ethical will

 

[JayKay PE]

Would it be bad if I drank an entire bottle of blackberry brandy? I mean, I’m already sick, how much sicker could it make me?

I mean, you'll pass out, so you'll prob feel fine/feel no pain?  Go for it.  Just get the cheap stuff.

@squaretaper PE, it's weird because I'm really good at accents/was taken as fluent in French because I knew how to say Bonjour correctly (which I didn't know was a thing)?  And I def know about the bad words in French.

 

[JayKay PE]

I got distrated and looked at the local college as well.

They have a "Lifelong Learners Institute" for folks 50+. There is a course on how to sell on Etsy and writing an ethical will

What if I want to write an unethical will?