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    An Apple product, Tim? Of course - built for pilots 'Pip,Pip, Chaps, and Tally-Ho! Cor(e)!' :

    I've got an ipod, but it doesn't seem to have an option button.... No, you are correct, I'm using a Netbook running Windows Home XP. I used to be able to do these things by holding down ALT and typing in the ASCII number, but that no longer seems to work. There ought to be an easy way to call up and select from the character set, but I can't find it.

    Anyway, doesn't arguing over the merits of Apple vs Microsoft come under Religion and Politics?

    Cheers,

    John.

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    Well then, perhaps this will help?

    http://www.brazil-help.com/accent.htm

    Maybe even this one, but my eyes started to glaze over after the first few paragraphs...

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306560

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    I thought all foreign languages were just English but louder and slower...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tallyho View Post
    Well then, perhaps this will help?

    http://www.brazil-help.com/accent.htm

    Maybe even this one, but my eyes started to glaze over after the first few paragraphs...

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306560

    Thank you Tim, I will experiment a bit.

    John.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tallyho View Post
    That all depends on what çomputér you use.

    If you use an Apple product like a PowerBook or something, for a cedilla you would hit Option- c to produce a "c" character with a cedilla under it. For the acute accent, hit Option- e to produce an acute accent symbol, then press the key corresponding to the letter you want to have the accent over. So, to have a letter "u" with an acute accent over it, you would hit Option- e, then "u" and there you go.

    If you're using a Windows- based computer, my best guess is you need to buy a Mac. ;-)
    Thanks for the two links Tim. My mind boggled too! I finally solved it by down- loading Gaelic characters. As the UK keyboard is different from the US, US-international works, but some characters are reassigned to different positions on the keyboard - very confusing. However by installing the gaelic characters, and then using the UK-extended keyboard I can type most French characters now. I doubt I would have thought of it but your links set me searching, in the right direction. Thank you again, and...., Tallyho!!

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    Native anglophone (Canadian, so I understand both Yanks and Brits. I spent some time in the Lucky Country, so I understand Aussies as well )

    German
    Read - very well
    Write - fairly well
    Speak - fluently
    Understand - fluently

    French - High School French was a long time ago
    Read - a little
    Write - very little
    Speak - some
    Understand - some

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    Spanish
    Read - Little
    Write - Little
    Speak - Very well
    Understand - Very Well

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    English - native
    Bad English - native

    German
    read - road signs, pub names and the like
    spoken - a little...order food, find the Bahnhof How to find a room for the night with shower, how to find a lady of the nigh.........we better not go there von
    written - Copy road signs and pub names...you get the picture

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    German: native
    English: well
    French, Italian, Spanish: don´t get lost as a tourist

    BvA

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    Ok here goes :

    Dutch :

    speak: fluent
    read : fluent
    write : fluent


    French:

    speak: fluent
    read: fluent
    write: average ( lack of practice )


    English:

    speak : fluent
    read : fluent
    write : fluent


    German :

    speak : reasonably (lack of practice )
    read : average
    write : average ( again lack of practice)

    ...and I can order a beer in Spanish too

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    English
    Read fluent
    Write fluent
    Speak fluent
    understand fluent

    Spanish
    Read fluent
    Write fluent
    Speak Enough to get along
    Understand good if spoken slowly and loudly(doesn't that work for most English speakers)

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    Swedish - Native

    English
    Read - fluent
    Write - fluent
    Speak - fluent
    Understand - fluent

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    German
    Read, Write, Speak, Understand - Native its my mother language
    BUT:
    Nazi-German
    Read: with tears in my eyes
    Write: Not a bit
    Speak: Yes and I have the laughs on my side
    Understand: The words yes, the meaning the hell no!

    English
    Read - fluent
    Write - fluent
    Speak - fluent
    Understand - fluent

    Spanish
    Read - good
    Write - medium
    Speak - rare
    Understand - depends on velocity of speaker

    Dutch
    Read - good
    Write - medium
    Speak - medium
    Understand - medium

    French
    Read - poor
    Write - poor
    Speak - poorer
    Understand - the most poor

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    German

    native

    Englisch

    I would say I get along, I do not get lost, I can order a beer and a meal and if anybody here knows what I mean it is inderstanding......

    Dutch
    Read - medium
    Write - none
    Speak - a little bit more then none
    Understand - medium depending on the speaker

    French
    Read - poor
    Write - none
    Speak - sure, but nobody can understand it....
    Understand - poor

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    Greek - Native
    French - Native
    English - Excellent
    Spanish - Some
    Italian - understand little

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    American English - all dialects with the exception of gangsta
    Canadian English - all dialects (relatives in the UP of Michigan)
    English English - good understanding
    Irish English - good understanding
    Scots English - good understanding (Grandparents spoke Gaelic)
    So, pretty much if you can speak/write any English, I can get it. At least a lot better than you could understand my attempt to butcher your language with my high school German, Spanish,French, Russian, Latin. (My attempts were so bad the teachers passed me around each saying I was more suited for the other. . .I finally landed in Auto Shop.)

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    English English
    Read - fluent
    Write - fluent
    Speak - fluent
    Understand - fluent

    American English
    Read - fluent
    Write - fluent (just replace 'z' for 's' everywhere)
    Speak - poorly
    Understand - not at all

    French
    Read - tolerably well
    Write - badly
    Speak - enough to get by (Deux bieres please)
    Understand - French French: tolerably well; Canadian French: only if they speak slowly

    German
    Read - tolerably well
    Write - tolerably well
    Speak - enough to get by (Zwei Biere please)
    Understand - tolerably well
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Spanish - Native

    Catalonian - Native

    English
    Read - Almost like native
    Write - Well, do you see in my posts, sometimes i need a dictonary at my side
    Speak - I have been traveling around the world and i'm alive
    Understand - It depends on the speaker, but allways get the context

    Italian
    Read - Very good i must to say for my surprise
    Write - Nah..
    Speak - Only the the try when you speak catalonian (more matches with italian than spanish) with a funny italian accent
    Understand - Some words and context..

    French
    Read - Yep.. more less
    Write - Only the few words and expressions that i know but don't try that i use grammar on them..
    Speak - Airport lenguage only Hahaha
    Understand - Some of it..

    Japanese
    Read - Only characters
    Write - Only hiragana and katakana characters
    Speak - Only martial arts words and expressions
    Understand - Only martial arts words and expressions

    Chinese - Only the menu of muy city restaurant Haha

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    English - mother tongue
    French - Read, write, etc
    German - a little read, write, speak - 1 1/2 yrs in Cologne area in late 1990's
    and 3 night school classes
    Italian and Spanish -smatterings from 2 holidays and 2 night school courses
    Latin - high school classes 5 years about 45 years ago; helps a lot with
    modern latin-based languages.

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    I can read, write and speak a little German and a little French. French from college and German from living there a short time.

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    Student of the English language. It will take me more than a lifetime to master all the aspects of it. That is my excuse for not attempting any other language bar Dutch, and that was only so that I could converse with my cousin. His English being better than my Dutch rather knocked that one on the head from the start. Sorry chaps.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Buckeye Native Ohio English

    Most English spoken in North America including L.A. Lower Alabama where grits is a three syllable word. Including Tangier Island!

    English as spoken in the U.K. excluding Northumbia.

    German = Nothing i can repeat in pubic!

    French = Only what i can remember from fourth grade.

    Spanish = I can order a beer!

    Rich

    P.S. I am great at reading English subtitles!

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    Italian
    Read-Native
    Write-Native
    Speak-Native
    Understand-Native

    English
    Read-Fluent
    Write-Fluent
    Speak-Fluent
    Understand-Fluent

    French
    Read-Good
    Write-None
    Speak-Some
    Understand-Some

    Spanish
    Read-Good
    Write-Some
    Speak-Some
    Understand-Good

    German
    Read-None
    Write-None
    Speak-Limited
    Understand-Very limited

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    I'm fluent only in my native American - but I also know just enough Brit, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Greek, Arabic, Hindi, Cantonese and Japanese to find the toilet or start a bar fight in any dive joint in the world.

    Red
    Last edited by Red Ed; 07-04-2010 at 14:14. Reason: typo

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    English: OK

    Italian: speak a little read a little more ( dimenticavo molto)

    German: Ein wenig ( took it in college so I could understand the war movies)

    Brooklynese: fluent fuggedaboudit.

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    Spanish
    Read-Native
    Write-Native
    Speak-Native
    Understand-native

    Italian (but I'm sure i'd be lost with the dialects!)
    Read-Very good
    Write-Very good
    Speak-Very good
    Understand-Very good

    English (so many years spent!)
    Read-Very Good
    Write-Very Good
    Speak-Very Good
    Understand-Very Good

    French(Oh, la la!)
    Read-Good
    Write-Some
    Speak- Rusty, it get hards when you dont get to talk often
    Understand- Prety much

    German
    Read-Ein wenig
    Write-just the basics to survive
    Speak-Idem
    Understand-Some

    Japanese
    (so out of practice too, I need to get back to classes!)
    Read-Some
    Write-Some
    Speak-Some
    Understand-Some

    Portuguese
    Read - Good
    Write - Just Fine
    Speak - Good
    Understand - Very Good

    And some words in Russian, latin and ancient greek!

    Pd: If anyone is interested in chatting about languages, please send me a PM! I'd love to elarn and practice.

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    italian:
    native

    english:
    Read - good
    Write - good
    Speak - good
    Understand - good[/QUOTE]

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    I am an American English speaking American. To this day I rue the fact that I never took the opportunity to learn any other languages. I did take a couple years of Latin in high school but so far have not come across any Romans to chat with (despite the fact that my teacher always seemed to believe it could happen any day). Thanks to those non-native English speakers who have learned to communicate with people like me!

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    1st language: English (fluent)

    2nd language: German
    Read - good
    Write - fair
    Speak - good
    Understand - good
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    Quote Originally Posted by Willi Von Klugermann View Post
    German: Ein wenig ( took it in college so I could understand the war movies)
    Brooklynese: fluent fuggedaboudit.
    and to understand comic books !?

    what part of Brooklyn?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Student of the English language.
    The United States and England: two countries separated by a common language!

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    Italian:
    native

    English:
    read- almost fluent (technical)/limited
    write- limited
    spoken - limited
    understand - almost fluent (technical)/limited

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    English
    Read - fluent
    Write - fluent
    Speak - fluent
    Understand - fluent

    Cursing
    Read - fluent
    Write - fluent
    Speak - fluent
    Understand - fluent

    Scots Gaelic
    Read - some
    Write - (Only with help from a Dictionary)
    Speak - Enough to curse you out and to order food
    Understand - Only if you speak very slowly and about every 5th word.

    German
    Read - A little
    Write - yeah right... Got a Dictionary?
    Speak - Again, enough to curse you and to order food.
    Understand - Only if you speak very slowly and about every 4th or 5th word.

    French
    Read - I can pick out some words (hey it was High School when I took it)
    Write - Sort of... With help from a Dictionary...
    Speak - Enough to get into trouble, but not out of it.
    Understand - Parley vous Francois? Petit Francois.

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    Dutch:
    Read - native
    Write - native
    Speak - native
    Understand - native

    French:
    Read - fluent
    Write - average
    Speak - fluent
    Understand - fluent

    English:
    Read - fluent
    Write - fluent
    Speak - fluent
    Understand - fluent

    German:
    Read - fluent
    Write - fluent
    Speak - fluent
    Understand - fluent

    Dari;

    Read - forget it
    Write - forget it
    Speak - very little
    understand - very little

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac View Post
    At least a lot better than you could understand my attempt to butcher your language with my high school German, Spanish,French, Russian, Latin. (My attempts were so bad the teachers passed me around each saying I was more suited for the other. . .I finally landed in Auto Shop.)
    Now that's funny!!!!
    I take it you spoke "Automobile" better than any of the other languages???

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    English: Native

    I also know a little bit of Elvish, some Huttese, and enough Klingon to get by.

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    Portuguese
    Read - native
    Write - native
    Speak - native
    Understand - native

    Spanish
    Read - some
    Write - little
    Speak - some
    Understand - some

    English
    Read - fluent
    Write - fluent
    Speak - fluent
    Understand - fluent

    French
    Read - some
    Write - very little
    Speak - some
    Understand - some

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    Canadian English: - native

    Polish:
    Read: excellent comprehension
    Write: good command
    Speak: good command
    Understand: Excellent

    Russian:
    Read: fair
    Write: not so fair
    Speak: with effort
    Understand: with effort

    Canadian French:
    Read: good command of bilingual cereal boxes
    Write: poor
    Speak: excruciatingly embarrassing
    Understand: if spoken slowly and loudly (with subtitles)
    Very much regret not being able to speak French yet...there's still time, I'm only 52!

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    I've ordered a beer in five languages. What else is there to learn???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doug View Post
    Only Australian, but can understand Scottish
    LOL... You missed out English lol

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    English
    Read - degree level
    Write - degree level
    Speak - degree level
    Understand -takes a lot of thinking now lol

    French
    Read - little
    Write - etc
    Speak - etc
    Understand - etc

    German
    R -little
    W - etc
    S - etc
    U - etc

    Russian
    R - very little
    W - a bit
    S - little
    U - some
    From trying to write to a pen pal in Russia, also a little Belorussian. Almost same place, but dialect is different.

    American
    Ya gotta luv it lol

    Also quite a few other languages that I can swear in and tentively order drinks, usually ending in bar fights lol. That's what being a ex-matelot does for you, after being told how to order a drink in the local language only to find out you've insulted someones mother lol.

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    For me
    Queens English fluent in all aspects
    Yorkshire English fluent in all aspects
    South West English oohhh well erm sometimes understand and the boys have been told they bring home a girl with that accent their out on their ears.
    Beer German, ein beer bitter, noch ein beer bitter, einmal beer bitter.. you get the idea.
    Can also order other essentials in German, food & women (he he)
    Italian can understand a bit, speak a bit, thanks to her majesty posting me to a town called Latina for 6 years.
    Scottish, sorry not a clue
    French limited to la fenettre & table noir

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    English

    Native

    Spanish

    Read - some (more than write)
    Write - some
    Speak - some
    understand - some (more than speak)

    German

    Read - some (more than write)
    Write - some
    Speak - some
    understand - some (more than speak)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col. Hajj View Post
    Just trying to get a feel for what languages we all know and use out there. Please break it down to Read, Write, Speak and Understand.

    I'll go first...

    Japanese

    Read - very little
    Write - none
    Speak - some
    Understand - some
    Poor you! What's it like living in the US, and not being able to speak the 3,000 different languages there Hajj lol.......

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    English:

    Yankee (includes upper plains nasal) as well as Southern y'all

    read, write, speak...but per my wife, I don't "hear"

    French/Spanish:

    I can order food and get around town

    Polish:

    Know a few phrases

    Bourbon:

    Most fluent...when wet

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    Spanish
    Read - some
    Write - little
    Speak - conversational
    Understand - most

    Portuguese
    Read - none
    Write - none
    Speak - some
    Understand - some

    Latin
    Read - most
    Write - most
    Speak - little
    Understand - little

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    Quote Originally Posted by Christophe View Post
    Poor you! What's it like living in the US, and not being able to speak the 3,000 different languages there Hajj lol.......
    Don't be cheeky Chris. Remember you live in Northampton and don't even speak English proper like. As for your German accent, well! For a Hun it is frankly appalling old chap .
    Kyte.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    English, duh.

    Also I want to say fluent in Portuguese, but I am way out of practice. Lived in Brazil for two years for my church.

    I miss Sao Paulo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Don't be cheeky Chris. Remember you live in Northampton and don't even speak English proper like. As for your German accent, well! For a Hun it is frankly appalling old chap .
    Kyte.
    Ey up lad. Tha' knows tha can be a rite scabber when thee wants ta be lol.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Christophe View Post
    Ey up lad. Tha' knows tha can be a rite scabber when thee wants ta be lol.....
    That's a much better attempt. Lets stick with that. Not bad for North German.
    Rob.
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