Join Date : Mar 2010
England
Posts : 196
Windows 7 Profesional x86, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
What languages can you speak (or aspire to speak)?
This thread is inspired by a discussion we had recently over on SF.
Do you speak a language other than English?
I can speak a little bit of French (which is more than enough to survive on when in France) and I'm currently learning ancient Greek and Latin... but they don't really count .
If you want, give us a little taster of that language.
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External USB 2.5" 250GB (NTFS)
External USB 2.5" 160GB (NTFS)
External USB 2.5" 70GB (NTFS)
External USB 3.5" 1TB (HFS+)
External USB 3.5" 1TB (HFS+) Internet Speed 6.33Mb/s up. 0.36Mb/s down. Other Info Harman Kardon Soundsticks II Speakers
System Manufacturer/Model Number Zoostorm OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2400 MHz Motherboard Foxconn 45CMX/45GMX/45CMX-K Memory 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM) Graphics Card Intel Corp 82945G Integrated Graphics Controller Sound Card Onboard Realtek Monitor(s) Displays Hanns.G HH221 22" Widescreen Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK) Mouse Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse Hard Drives ExcelStor (250GB) Internet Speed Just under 4MB download it's ADSL. Other Info Epson Stylus SX415 All-in-one Printer,
Seagate Expansion 500GB External Desktop Drive
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP OS Windows 7 Home Premium S 64 bit CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Motherboard ASUSTek Memory 4 Gb Dual channel DDR2 Graphics Card 512MB GeForce 8500GT Monitor(s) Displays HP w 2408 Vivid Color Widescreen LCD
Keyboard MS intell keyboard Mouse MS intelli Mouse Cooling Cooling Budweiser now Internet Speed US Postal Service
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP OS Windows 7 Home Premium S 64 bit CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Motherboard ASUSTek Memory 4 Gb Dual channel DDR2 Graphics Card 512MB GeForce 8500GT Monitor(s) Displays HP w 2408 Vivid Color Widescreen LCD
Keyboard MS intell keyboard Mouse MS intelli Mouse Cooling Cooling Budweiser now Internet Speed US Postal Service
System Manufacturer/Model Number Jonathan King OS Win7 Professional x64 CPU AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e overclocked @ 2.92 GHz Motherboard Edit Value ASRock A780 FullDisplayPort Memory 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 290MHz Crucial Technology Graphics Card ATI 3200 (onboard), nVidia 7200 GS (PCIe) Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays 17" Cybervison ds69T, 17" Starlogic Screen Resolution 1280x960
Keyboard Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (PS/2) Mouse Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (USB) PSU Antec ea-430d 430W Case Antec 800 Cooling stock cpu, 120mm rear, 140mm top Hard Drives WD 320GB SATA, Hitachi 1TB SATA, Samsung 1.5TB SATA Internet Speed 9.32 Mb/s download; 0.36 Mb/s upload Other Info Other OS's:
Win7 Professional x86, Windows Vista Ultimate x64
Finnish and Swedish; Finland is a bilingual country and I come from a bilingual family. English was my working language throughout my working years, German because of it's where I live with my German wife. These four enough to read a book or do a crossword.
Dutch, Italian and Spanish enough to survive, a bit Norwegian because it's so close to Swedish.
I would like to learn French. For some reason, even though languages have always been easy to me, French has been difficult. At the moment I can only say in French, that I do not speak it
Languages have always been my hobby, I like to be able to communicate in different languages.
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External: 1TB for backups, 1TB network drive for media Internet Speed 50 MB VDSL Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Vostro 1500 OS Windows Vista Home Premium x86 (32bit) but soon to be Windows 7 Ultimate x86 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz Motherboard ASUS SK8N (I think??) Memory 2048 mb Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Sound Card Haven't a clue Monitor(s) Displays 15.4" Generic PnP Monitor Screen Resolution 1440x900
Keyboard Bog standard dell qwerty keyboard Mouse Dell Optical Premium USB Mouse PSU Haven't a clue Case Haven't a clue Cooling Fan Hard Drives ST9160821AS ATA Device [150gb]
Seagate FreeAgent [500gb] Internet Speed 25 mb/sec Download 11.3 mb/sec Upload