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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:56:18 No.49951305 View Reply Report Delete

Which language do native-english speakers learn at school?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:57:19 No.49951349 Report Delete

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ebonics

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:57:29 No.49951357 Report Delete

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Spanish, French, fuck if I know.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:57:40 No.49951364 Report Delete

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>>49951305
Spanish

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:58:03 No.49951383 Report Delete

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Japanese and Mandarin

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:58:13 No.49951392 Report Delete

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I chose Spanish cause its easy and the only alternative they had was faggot french

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:58:21 No.49951400 Report Delete

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>>49951305
The offered French, Spanish and Mandarin at my high school. My elementary school had a Korean emersion program, but I doubt that is the norm.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:58:23 No.49951404 Report Delete

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>>49951305
In England I heard that they learn Spanish and French some also German
In Murica they learn their new national languege , Spanish

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:59:00 No.49951426 Report Delete

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USA - Spanish
U.K. - Arabic or Somali

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:59:24 No.49951438 Report Delete

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SPANISH
FRENCH
GERMAN
SOMETIMES GREEK OR LATIN
ARE WE DONE NOW?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 11:59:30 No.49951443 Report Delete

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Spanish or French. Sometimes Latin, sometimes German.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:00:04 No.49951463 Report Delete

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>>49951383
無駄すぎる!!!!

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:00:05 No.49951468 Report Delete

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At my school French and Latin were mandatory. You could also choose to do German and Ancient Greek.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:00:13 No.49951474 Report Delete

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>>49951305
We could take Spanish, French, German or Russian at my school. I took Spanish because fuck doing something hard.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:02:02 No.49951549 Report Delete

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>>49951305
English. Duh.

French as a foreign language because the goverment still holds out hope of us invading again one day, I guess.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:02:11 No.49951556 Report Delete

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>>49951305
Depends on the school, most offer Spanish, French and German. Then there's Italian, Russian, Mandarin and some are pure memes like Hebrew, Polish, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali etc

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:02:45 No.49951586 Report Delete

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Spanish, French, German

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:03:11 No.49951604 Report Delete

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>>49951438
I remember seeing her on TV over a decade ago

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:04:20 No.49951651 Report Delete

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>>49951604
Same here lol
Is she spanish?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:05:52 No.49951714 Report Delete

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>>49951463
It's Australia m8 of course it's worth it

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:09:55 No.49951868 Report Delete

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I got Dutch, English, German and French in school.

Smart kids also get Greek and/or latin.
Dumb kids get one language less.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:10:31 No.49951882 Report Delete

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>>49951305
we are taught spanish and sometimes french. however, french is being replaced with mandarin. most of time though people who take spanish dont end up fluent. however, i liked the teacher so i eventually became fluent in spanish. so i guess that says something.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:11:43 No.49951924 Report Delete

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>>49951868
And retarded kids could skip French and German.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:12:45 No.49951961 Report Delete

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>>49951651
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0A6Ka0Z7eg

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:15:00 No.49952038 Report Delete

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>>49951305
Irish

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:18:45 No.49952166 Report Delete

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>>49951305
French>>>(POWER GAP)>>>German>>>(REALLY BIG POWER GAP)>>>Spanish>>>Literally who

At primary school I learnt French as an extra thing wasn't a thing everyone did.

At secondary school we learnt French up to the age of 15 and then we got to choose between French German and Spanish.

I believe there was a Mandarin class too but it was an extra thing and didn't count towards GCSEs.

I chose German and got a D tbh which isn't very good.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:19:18 No.49952196 Report Delete

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French, German and Spanish in the UK

I did Latin as well but public schools use their own syllabus

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:19:22 No.49952199 Report Delete

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>>49951305
Most people learn either Spanish or French.
German and Mandarin classes are usually available too.
And if you're a memester you can learn Latin and have fun having no one to speak in it with unless the pope decides to make a special visit to your house for some reason.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:20:40 No.49952238 Report Delete

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>>49951924
my dutch penpal says he can speak dutch, english, french, german, spanish and started learning Japanese. why do they have to learn a lot of languages?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:21:38 No.49952275 Report Delete

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None?

The high school I went to offered Spanish, French, German and Latin, but none were mandatory to graduate.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:23:41 No.49952352 Report Delete

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>>49952238
They're preparing for the inevitable day when Holland finally becomes part of the north sea.
The more languages they learn the more countries they'll be able to choose to immigrate to.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:25:10 No.49952405 Report Delete

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>>49952238
They need to communicate with relevant countries because their culture isn't strong enough to spread their native language.

tbh tho i wish i took language class more seriously in highschool

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:26:46 No.49952473 Report Delete

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>my highschool offered Japanese language classes
>it all stopped once it was found out that the teacher was a pedophile

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:27:18 No.49952496 Report Delete

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>>49952473
Did he touch your benis?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:28:16 No.49952525 Report Delete

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>>49952238
For economic reasons. It gives us an edge in trading with other countries.

Americucks like >>49952352
>>49952405
have a negative trade balance.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:28:25 No.49952533 Report Delete

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I had to do French cause all the beaners picked Spanish for an easy A.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:28:44 No.49952548 Report Delete

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french tbgf

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:31:05 No.49952642 Report Delete

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American highschools almost always offer Spanish(because of Latin Anerica and all the immigrants) and French(because of Africa), many are offering Mandarin now.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:31:21 No.49952653 Report Delete

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>>49952275
I don't think it's mandatory to graduate in my state (CA) but when I was in high school (7 years ago) 2 years was the minimum requirement to look decent for state universities.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:32:28 No.49952688 Report Delete

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I know you gaijins may not believe but we japs learn english 6years and 高校三年生(受験生) study hard to preper for university entrance examination!!!!!!!! But our English sucks like this sentence!!!!!

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:34:02 No.49952744 Report Delete

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>>49952496
heh, he hated me.
he really liked the girls though...

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:34:27 No.49952763 Report Delete

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>>49952688
Do you have a big penis?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:35:37 No.49952798 Report Delete

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>>49952744
so called Rorikon
i'm so so sorry

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:38:55 No.49952922 Report Delete

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>>49952744
no i'm ching chong girl
I learn english on 4chan

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:38:58 No.49952925 Report Delete

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>>49951305
We learn Spanish from redneck ladies who speak it in a Southern drawl

I learned Spanish at work because I'm interested in languages. I didn't learn shit in school, and I even tried.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:39:48 No.49952960 Report Delete

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>>49952763
6.5 inches erect

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:41:20 No.49953022 Report Delete

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>>49952763
no i'm ching chong girl
I'm 4channeler because learn english on 4chan. i'm not otaku

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:42:11 No.49953065 Report Delete

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The school district I live in requires all schools to offer Spanish, French, German and Latin.

However, the school I went to was the one school in the entire area that didn't offer Latin, because they could not locate a Latin teacher.

It got so bad that the actually changed the name of the Foreign Language Department to the 'Modern Language Department'. Apparently some loophole allowed them to not offer Latin if the department wasn't called foreign languages.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:42:21 No.49953070 Report Delete

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>>49952922
>>49952798
Japs are seriously the absolute worst posters.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:42:21 No.49953071 Report Delete

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>>49952960
Exactly

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:42:30 No.49953077 Report Delete

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>>49952688
>only 6 years

no wonder you're so shit at it.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:44:25 No.49953160 Report Delete

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>>49953070
worst but kawaii posters

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:47:54 No.49953284 Report Delete

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英語話すの人はよくスペン語かフランス語を勉強します。多い習ったくない。アメリカ人は外語の話すが好きじゃない。俺はみんなが頭が変です。

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:48:12 No.49953297 Report Delete

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French bu I really stress the """"""learn"""""" part.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:49:41 No.49953370 Report Delete

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>>49953297
"""Can you tell me why?""" I learned this phrase at school lol

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:50:23 No.49953388 Report Delete

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>>49951305
>Which language do native-english speakers learn at school?
I'm Canadian, so, French.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:51:18 No.49953419 Report Delete

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>>49953297
French is probably the hardest of the West European languages.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:52:21 No.49953466 Report Delete

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>>49953419
Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian are all easier.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:53:23 No.49953504 Report Delete

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French, Spanish, German. Everyone takes Spanish because it is easy.

Here's a real topic for you
>Languages that use pronouns for fucking objects

Is your computer a female or male in your language? How can you tell?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:53:34 No.49953508 Report Delete

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Irish

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:53:51 No.49953518 Report Delete

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>>49953284
>スペン語
スペイン語 is correct.
多い習ったくない
→多く習いたくない
外語
→外国語
俺はみんな(I all)
→俺たちはみんな(we all)

日本語で書いてくれてありがとう!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:55:39 No.49953592 Report Delete

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>>49953504
>How can you tell?
Wait till xhe/yre/he/she/qziopl tells you about ll/shjw/his/her/John's pronouns, just like with people.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:55:39 No.49953594 Report Delete

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>>49953518
熱心ですな!
お疲れ様です。

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:57:19 No.49953641 Report Delete

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CAN YOUR FEEL LIFE MOVING THROUGH YOUR MIND
LOOKS LIKE IT CAME BACK FOR MORE YEAH YEAH YEAH

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:58:17 No.49953675 Report Delete

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>>49953518
文法を教えてくれてありがとう!
I was trying to say I think they are all crazy because they don't like to learn foreign languages, not we are all crazy. So maybe I should say 彼たち instead?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:58:26 No.49953683 Report Delete

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>>49953594
カムサハムニダ〜〜<丶｀∀´>

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:59:07 No.49953714 Report Delete

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>>49953370
We started learning it to old to really get a grasp on anything but words. We'd memorize a few dozen new words a week and a new conjugation of a verb a week and the majority of us just cheated regardless. There were no consequences because there are no government exams to check because we'd all fail them.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:00:44 No.49953778 Report Delete

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>>49953641
Fuckyeah my life!

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:01:53 No.49953821 Report Delete

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Spanish and French. I took Spanish for an easy grade since I already spoke it.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:05:17 No.49953954 Report Delete

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Primary School I think you do some French, but I'm not too sure because I spent year 2-6 in the US, but in Year (secondary school)you did French or German and then if you were good enough, in year 8 you did both French and German, and then in Year 9 you did whatever you did in year 7 and got a half GCSE in it.
You had the opportunity to do a proper GCSE in French or German
I believe in some schools, Spanish is an option besides or with German, and Mandarin GCSE's are becoming more popular

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:05:59 No.49953983 Report Delete

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>>49953675
At least, we never say " 彼たち".
It's incorrect word.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:06:24 No.49954000 Report Delete

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>>49953508
Don't you also do Spanish, or is that just in N.I.?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:07:51 No.49954058 Report Delete

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>>49951305
Nothing because it's useless

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:08:00 No.49954064 Report Delete

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>>49953592
You are either male or female
Objects don't have genders, this ain't some fucking fairy tale land.

Time to go to my male bathroom to shit in my girl toilet lmao fucking joke languages I swear

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:08:46 No.49954089 Report Delete

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>>49951349
This.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:08:58 No.49954092 Report Delete

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>>49953675
then you should clarify what They mean , so 「外国語を習いたくない人たち(people who don't want to learn foreign language)は頭が変です(is crazy)」is best.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:09:46 No.49954129 Report Delete

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>>49953675
Do 'they' means american?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:11:19 No.49954190 Report Delete

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We japanese don't like the word THEY

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:12:16 No.49954228 Report Delete

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>>49954000
Irish and English are the only mandatory languages. Most people do a continental language as well but it's usually French.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:14:24 No.49954313 Report Delete

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>>49954190
We don't like the Japanese full stop.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:15:34 No.49954363 Report Delete

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i've never been corrected my shit english on 4chan... just said Speak English Jap!! i'd like to be corrected my wrong english. please gaijins.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:17:27 No.49954442 Report Delete

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>>49954313
bloody hell burikasu-san...

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:19:18 No.49954519 Report Delete

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>>49954363
You fuck up so often it would take a ton of effort to correct you every time.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:20:33 No.49954565 Report Delete

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>>49954363

> I have never had my shit English corrected on 4chan. They just say "Speak English you slimy fucking piece of shit Gook!" I'd like for my grammar mistakes to be corrected. Heil Hitler

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:21:44 No.49954614 Report Delete

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>>49954313
You mean the one they never use (in manga)? Seriously, it was bad enough not separating your words, but in manga, they often not even use 。to show the end of the sentence.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:23:12 No.49954686 Report Delete

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French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Latin, Swahili

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:24:31 No.49954733 Report Delete

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>>49954565
>slimy fucking piece of shit Gook
Thanks!!! I have to study hard yet!!

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:25:06 No.49954766 Report Delete

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>>49951882
>fluent in Spanish
Do you mind to record some on Vocaroo? I can give you some text if you want.

"Los hermanos sean unidos pues esa es la ley primera, tengan unión verdadera en cualquier momento que sea, porque si entre ellos se pelean, los devoran los de afuera."

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:26:49 No.49954836 Report Delete

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>>49954766
hola ¿como estas?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:27:48 No.49954879 Report Delete

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Spanish, french and German are standard classes. And depending on the school latin, Italian, Chinese and Japanese might be offered

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:29:17 No.49954944 Report Delete

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>>49954733
Damn straight zipperhead

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:30:59 No.49955020 Report Delete

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>>49954879
None of these are mandatory

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:32:00 No.49955056 Report Delete

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>>49953504
>Mac/shitty laptop
=female

>Desktop/bretty good laptop
=male

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:34:34 No.49955149 Report Delete

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french

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:36:43 No.49955252 Report Delete

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>>49951305

Spanish, French, maybe German. Once you get to college, they offer more choices, but it's pretty much Spanish or French before that.

If you're lazy / practical, you take Spanish, because there are Mexicans all over the place, Spanish labeling on foods, and Spanish language radio stations. If you don't want to talk to Mexicans, you take French.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:39:22 No.49955365 Report Delete

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If you go to a real highschool you don't take a language instead you use that time on science/math/music

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:39:36 No.49955375 Report Delete

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>>49955020
>None of these are mandatory
>None of these are
>None are

I guess English isn't mandatory either.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:41:24 No.49955459 Report Delete

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>>49954092
そうですか、分かりました。ありがとうございます。

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:42:05 No.49955483 Report Delete

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I learned German for five years in school and I don't remember a word of it.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:44:52 No.49955601 Report Delete

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>>49955252
kuso warota(i don't know what warota in english)
lazy people take spanish class is same in japan. and i'm the one.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:45:35 No.49955629 Report Delete

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>>49951305
I took French. My school offered French, Japanese, Spanish, and Mandarin

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:46:14 No.49955652 Report Delete

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>>49955375
what is exactly wrong with that sentence anon?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:47:19 No.49955700 Report Delete

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>>49955483
what is the second most spoken language in Europa?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:47:29 No.49955710 Report Delete

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Spanish and French are pretty standard, but foreign languages are not mandatory.

People also took Latin, German, Mandarin, Arabic, and Russian.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:47:46 No.49955723 Report Delete

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>>49955375
And pray tell what was incorrect

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:50:33 No.49955851 Report Delete

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>>49955652
>>49955723

None is singular, not plural. It's the same as saying "not one."

"None are mandatory" is as wrong as saying "Not one are mandatory."

He should have written "None of these is mandatory."

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:51:57 No.49955904 Report Delete

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>>49951305
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ibv7OXHpp4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsY3NVrviiw

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:52:23 No.49955924 Report Delete

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>>49955851
>None is singular
holy shit i didn't know that
alri lad thanks for the info :^)

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:53:22 No.49955976 Report Delete

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>>49955700
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union#Knowledge

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:54:07 No.49956007 Report Delete

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>>49955904
>sanskrit
>learning a meme language only hindoo nationalists and linguistics nerds care about

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:54:59 No.49956044 Report Delete

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>>49952352
>Holland

Krijg kanker

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:56:32 No.49956100 Report Delete

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in my state it's japanese. i took spanish, though.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:56:35 No.49956102 Report Delete

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>>49951305
Japanese

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:56:50 No.49956117 Report Delete

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>>49955375
tbh this conjugation is so frequently violated by native speakers it's almost an irregular conjugation at this point. If you said "none of these is mandatory" in regular conversation with m8s at the bar, you're more likely to get sideways glances than if you said "none are". However if you're writing a technical piece or giving an academic presentation then, yes, the correct conjugation is "none is".

>People always ask why. fyi, for everyone else, the reason is that "none" is a sort of contraction-pronoun of "not one" or "no one". You say "not one of us is drunk", and you do not say "not one of us are drunk". It's similar to how "nobody" is 3rd p/singular, as in "nobody gives a fuck about grammar" (a statement), and not "nobody give a fuck about grammar" (which I guess would be a command).
>The reason why this is confusing is that the words "these", "us", "them", etc are plural. This makes it feel like the verb they're doing is conjugated to being plural. So it feels natural when speaking quickly, but it's technically wrong.
>Also nobody gives a fuck.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:57:08 No.49956128 Report Delete

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>>49951305
English

The language is so fucked anglos need to spend years learning it properly at school anyway.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:59:14 No.49956217 Report Delete

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>>49955851
It's both singular and plural dipshit.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:00:50 No.49956294 Report Delete

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>>49951305
French, spainish, latin, german

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:02:05 No.49956356 Report Delete

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>>49955924

You're very welcome, Russbro. It's a very, very common mistake by native speakers. Outside of places like Harvard, you'll almost always hear people say "none are."

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:02:11 No.49956362 Report Delete

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>native english speakers
>learning foreign languages
>ever

Loma. Just loma.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:03:35 No.49956414 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>49956581

>>49955851
>>49955375
The error is using these instead of those.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:07:37 No.49956579 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>49956924

>>49956356

Usage Note:It is widely asserted thatnoneis equivalent tono one,and hence requires a singular verb and singular pronoun:None of the prisonerswasgiven his soup.It is true thatnoneis etymologically derived from the Old English wordān,"one," but the word has been used as both a singular and a plural since the ninth century. The plural usage appears in the King James Bible ("All the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold ... none were of silver")

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:07:39 No.49956581 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>49956629

>>49956414

Arguable. When you're talking about intangibles or ideas, you can use "these."

I think you're right, though. Since he was talking about somebody else's post, it should be "those."

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:08:38 No.49956629 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>49957042

>>49956581
I was referring to my own post

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:16:25 No.49956924 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>49956976

>>49956579

Depends on whom you ask. If you're going for usage, then yeah, you'll see "none are" all over the place. AP Stylebook says it's singular. Some people think cucumbers taste better pickled.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:17:43 No.49956976 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>49957079

>>49956924
Well Webster's dictionary says it is both singular and plural.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:17:57 No.49956987 Report Delete

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School made me do French and German

Did shit in both because no one cares.

Some plebs also do Spanish.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:19:51 No.49957042 Report Delete

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>>49956629

It still should probably be "those." If it were in the same post, it could be "none of these [things listed here]", but if it's in a different post, it's more like "none of those [things in that list over there]."

These/those is mostly a proximity thing. There's more flexibility with "these" when you aren't dealing with physical items.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:20:28 No.49957068 Report Delete

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>>49951305
My high school required 2 years of foreign language.

The two options were French and Spanish.

Some schools offer German.

Once you hit Uni, you have a lot more options, but most majors don't require foreign language.

Since our native language is the lingua Franca, no language is exactly important for us to learn.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:20:49 No.49957079 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>49957126 >>49957316

>>49956976
And I'm going to trust Webster's dictionary that says the way i used the word is correct and ugly as been used that way since the 900s, over some high school student.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:21:30 No.49957109 Report Delete

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>Had to learn Swedish
bara knull min skit upp

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:21:51 No.49957126 Report Delete

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>>49957079
*and has been

Stupid auto correct

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:22:29 No.49957152 Report Delete

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We did French in middle school, then in high school we had to choose between French and German (I did German)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:26:09 No.49957316 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>49957434

>>49957079

I'm not a high school student. Webster's isn't a very conservative dictionary, and saying that it's both singular and plural is silly.

You can say that it's been used by serious writers for long enough that it should be considered stylistically correct, and that's valid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:28:30 No.49957434 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>49957529

>>49957316
>quotes advanced placement textbook
>says that he isn't in high school.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:30:51 No.49957529 Report Delete

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>>49957434

AP stands for Associated Press.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 16:16:56 No.49962807 Report Delete

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I didn't encounter language education until my high school years. My choices were Spanish, French, and Latin. I chose Spanish.

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