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[Eki]

Neither of which are incorrect

Of course not, but words do have synonyms.

[Mark]

I think the point there is that American culture is so pervasive that we all know what 'cell phone' and 'restroom' mean but the same doesn't work in reverse.

[A.F.F.]

John swears way too little in finnish. And way too much with swedish

[janvanvurpa]

You swear a bit in Finnish, right? That's a good start. Replace the "w" with a "v", and you've got yourself a county in Estonia from which the Finnish word for Estonia is derived. My family is from there. Now what I did -- and this is where it gets interesting -- is used the word not once but twice.

I think we've now spent enough time on my personalfrage.

OK but why do your neighbors call you "igauņu"?

We know there are Burros running around in Hannover who speak English pretty good (for a donkey) and Nemeski and presumably Spagnola, but are there large scary lizzards in your homeland? What did you guys do to them to make them call you that?

[janvanvurpa]

John swears way too little in finnish. And way too much with swedish

That's not true (sniffle).. And it's not true that different co-drivers after only one rally with me have learned how to swear in both Swedish and Finnish..
That's a viscous rumor..

It usually takes 2 rallies..and they learn French and German, and even some Spanish too....

[EuroTroll]

OK but why do your neighbors call you "igauņu"?

We know there are Burros running around in Hannover who speak English pretty good (for a donkey) and Nemeski and presumably Spagnola, but are there large scary lizzards in your homeland? What did you guys do to them to make them call you that?

It also comes from the name of a county, an ancient one in the South, called "Ugandi".

Your knowledge never ceases to amaze, John.

[Gregor-y]

My German is terrible because it was taught by a Tyrolean. I think the bigger problem is while so many students in the US begin to learn other languages they really don't have much opportunity to use them and can't retain or expand their knowledge after leaving school.

[donKey jote]

surely you could use Spanish in much of the US ?

[donKey jote]

We know there are Burros running around in Hannover who speak English pretty good (for a donkey) and Nemeski and presumably Spagnola,

English is in fact my mother tongue, Castellano would be my lengua paterna (if he weren't Éireannach ), and Deutsch is my Eselsprache

[EuroTroll]

English is in fact my mother tongue, Castellano would be my lengua paterna (if he weren't Éireannach ), and Deutsch is my Eselsprache

You should be the gate-keeper at the Tower of Babel. :