I'm reminded of the Dutch, who speak 4 laguages and smoke pot. Because obviously someone who has taken the time to learn 4 languages needs to learn to chill ;P. (Generic Disclaimer: everything I've heard about the Dutch tells me they rock, so they can probably take a little good-natured ribbing)
Me, I speak a smattering of Hebrew (the Jewish Day School I went to as a kid didn't do full-immersion for the Hebrew half of the day, which was a mistake on their part IMHO), and know a few Yiddish words here and there. I took Spanish in high school but it didn't really stick. So at the end of the day I'm an english-speaker through and through. I wish I knew some Chinese, the right kind to read the medical and philosophical classics in the original (which kind that is, I'm uncertain, although I think the intellegencia who fled the communists speak Mandarin).
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Me, I speak a smattering of Hebrew (the Jewish Day School I went to as a kid didn't do full-immersion for the Hebrew half of the day, which was a mistake on their part IMHO), and know a few Yiddish words here and there. I took Spanish in high school but it didn't really stick. So at the end of the day I'm an english-speaker through and through. I wish I knew some Chinese, the right kind to read the medical and philosophical classics in the original (which kind that is, I'm uncertain, although I think the intellegencia who fled the communists speak Mandarin).