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Name: OP 2007-08-08 17:42 ID:xuZeUl0T

I pressumed this would be the best place to ask this question so I'll try even if it is actually innapropriate.

I'm a highly communicative person and I love social interaction, (even though I am a regular 4chan user) However I find that only knowing one language limits my possibilities of finding an equally intelligent and like-minded person so I want to learn a secondary language, (well I do know latin, but that's practically dead in terms of use) yet I'm not really good at learning a new language or even anything if I don't have a high interest in it, like most 4channers I lack motivation. High-school french got me nowhere (I'm a Britfag).

I just wanted to ask you on what language you would reccomend me to learn, I don't care about how many people speak it, especially as Chinese is a dominant language yet the chances of me talking to such a speaker is minimal considering thier suppresive government. I'm interested in learning an interesting language that many intelligent and emotive people speak, so I can readily talk to a new kind of being.

Do you understand what I'm on about? As a conclusion, give me advise on what language would be most interesting to learn and even national i.q's. I was thinking of learning Japanese but I from what I've heard most of them speak English anyway, I also like the Germanic and Russian people (not thier government, just most of thier people).

P.S My name is OP for when I reply in this thread I can be identified.

Name: Anonymous 2007-08-12 13:33 ID:2IOrHmRu

Well, OP, firstly, you'll never get to conversational level quickly (in 2 years) if you don't put yourself in a environment with only its native speakers. (online environments don't count.)

Learning by yourself intensively will probably get you to a level of understanding of the language of an 8 year old in about 3 years(depending on the language you're learning and your abilities), but you'll still be speaking in broken grammar.

Think twice before wasting time to learn another language, unless your purpose is to impress native speakers with "Hey I know how to ask about the time!", or you just want to impress non-speakers.

If you got nowhere with French even if you were schooled, chances are you won't get anywhere learning any other language.

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