Quote Originally Posted by jackmilliesmom
I am Irish so I speak both english and irish and speak both fluently depending on what part of the country I am in, funnily enough can read and speak irish but cannot for the life of me cannot write it properly....

I am with you.... I can't really write the other languages at all. But in school those courses were always my favourite.... French and German.

I had to learn some Japanese when I was taking Judo... that was pretty neat.

I don't know about in Ireland but I heard from a German Air crew once that they are required to learn to speak english in Germany... of course that might have just been for the air force though. Is it a requirement where you are? LOL I guess if part of the country speaks english it would be a benefit but is it something taught in schools as a regular class or is it a special class?