Are foreign languages still relevant?

They are still relevant because they are spoken.

pinhedz wrote:

Doc Watson wrote:They are still relevant because they are spoken.

By foreigners, yes.

But what about for regular people?

When I was learning French my teacher told me that the ability to speak a foreign language was oneof the remainings signs of an educated person.
I still believe that to be true.

What remains of my schoolboy French comes in handy at work:

Ou allez-vous, monsieur/madame?
Touchez la carte ici.
Traverser la rue.
Premier a gauche.
Monter l'escalier.
Regardez le plan.
Changez Embankment pour le bruin, le Bakerloo pour Lambeth North.
C'est plus facile de traverser le pont Millennium pour Tate Modern.
Bienvenue a Londres.

...but that's about as far as I stretch.

pinhedz wrote:I am fluent in Minnesotan. I also have good listening comprehension in both Virginian and New-Yorkese, although my speaking ability is limited.

I still find it interesting how many different languages are packed together in such a small place as Europe...different language for each country...and so many different fucking accents on the tiny island of Britain. I live in Michigan and other than inner city black people and hillbillies in the upper peninsula, everyone sounds the same.

Every area of Australia has different accents and dialects and that is only the ones of us who speak English

eddie wrote:What remains of my schoolboy French comes in handy at work:

Ou allez-vous, monsieur/madame?
Touchez la carte ici.
Traverser la rue.
Premier a gauche.
Monter l'escalier.
Regardez le plan.
Changez Embankment pour le bruin, le Bakerloo pour Lambeth North.
C'est plus facile de traverser le pont Millennium pour Tate Modern.
Bienvenue a Londres.

...but that's about as far as I stretch.

What about Ou est la plume de ma tante ?

everything's easy if you're Spanish
easy breezy Japanezy...
I tried to learn Korean
but it was a con
Kowtow seems fukked up
like hara-kiri
fukkin Asians....hehehe
what the fuck is a samurai
it's honour......yeah, like fuk
and jesus Zen is really fukked up too
no offence
Spaneesh is teh language of love......

I feel like Billy Madison......