I speak Spanish...light conversational, not technical or in depth. I use it when ordering meals at Steer and Stein, from Juan, our favorite waiter. My granddaughter is studying German in high school, and her younger sister, a Track Star, is studying Spanish. My grandson is the youngest; he likes Math and is studying Piano. Their Dad teaches high school Math & Science, and their Mom (my daughter) is an English Literature tutor and a published author of Poetry. They live in the Chicago suburbs. Haroldo
@Hal Pollner Year of high school German, met and married German-born Polish Susanne, which enhanced my German as well as Polish! Might I ask where they live in the Chicago suburbs? I spent my first 30 years in Berwyn, the second town west of Chicago along the main street known as Cermak Road, named after Mayor Cermak, assassinated by a bullet intended for President Roosevelt (FDR). I ask because the suburbs became near and dear to me while spending half a lifetime there. Frank
French, some Spanish, a smattering of Turkish. I can natter away in Latin, but it doesn't come in handy much. I can't remember the last time I heard the announcement: "Attention! Is there a Latin-speaking passenger on the plane?"
@Hal Pollner That's a new one on me; of course, it might not have existed 45 years ago when I still resided there. Many new suburbs sprang into being during my 30 years outside Chicago, many the result of Mayor Daley bringing old Orchard Airport into being O'Hare. Frank EDIT: "Lindenhurst's first stop light was erected at Grand Avenue and Sand Lake Road in the 1980's."
I can speak Hebrew because my mom is Jewish. I speak it in a southern accent because my dad is a southern Baptist.
Having worked in Customer Service my entire adult life, sometimes I feel that speaking English is like speaking a foreign language.