Communication

[toppertje]

Dutch (adj) - A dangerous combination of ignorance and arrogance resulting in foolish delusions of grandeur.

Do you speak Dutch or ONLY English?Because there are only two languages in the world, right

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[tediousandbrief]

The US sadly isn't much better. Granted, we have no legal national language, but keep having people bring up English as the only national language every few years.

I'm very impressed at 6 languages. Trying to learn German was difficult in high school and Polish is somewhat confusing (but then again I need to spend more time on it, too!)

[toppertje]

If I was English and someone asked me if I only speak English it would be acceptable.

At least when Americans are ignorant they aren't arrogant about it. They are usually very sweet.

In school I learned English, Welsh, German and French.

How is the Polish coursework coming along?

[tediousandbrief]

I have a feeling a lot of Americans actually don't realize that Welsh is a language, let alone one that is still spoken. We can sadly be very insular in that way

[toppertje]

I personally cut American people a lot of slack if they are unaware of Wales and our language, you may well be quite an insular nation, but you are a HUGE nation too

[tediousandbrief]

I sometimes forget that Scotland and Wales are their own nations within the UK and probably have sometimes referred to the UK as England. The difference isn't stressed that much in the US, unfortunately.

How could someone just say "no, Welsh is not a language!?" Like....I don't get that!

I'm very impressed by your language skills and how young you were when you started learning. I struggled so much with learning German in high school and then in college. (And, also, every time I've heard Welsh it sounds awesome.)

On the subject of Wales being their own nation, what are your thoughts on the upcoming votes for Scotland and Welsh independence? (They aren't covered much/at all in the US.)

[toppertje]

They call Welsh "just a dialect of English". Allow me to translate that for you into Welsh.

Nad yw'r Gymraeg yn dafodiaith Saesneg.

So you can see the similarities :/

I wonder if anyone ever asks English people if they want to become independent from us? On the subject of Scotland, I don't really have an opinion, if it makes them happy then cool. As for Wales, we wouldn't notice much difference aside from being pressured into taking the Euro as currency and I'm not into that idea.

[tediousandbrief]

Oh, the similarities are striking! ;/

I don't think that question has ever actually been asked, come to think of it!

I'm a fan of the Euro, mostly because I had a good experience using it in Austria and liked the different sized bills. Granted, I think the Zloty is weaker than the Euro compared to the dollar, so I hope Poland doesn't get it any time soon. Our money already is so seemingly worthless. :(