Quote Originally Posted by sparks19
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?
We are born speaking english and we learn irish in school but I love it and I love visiting the Gaeltacht (gail tact is the best way to say it in english) I get to speak irish all the time and especially love hearing the older people in the are speak it. There are different pronuciations of words in irish depending on the province you go to but I love it nonetheless. It comes from my love of history and learning about the hedge schools where the children used to have to be taught in the hedges and ditches of ireland because the british army during the famine times closed and burned all of the schools because they were catholic and not protestant its a long story but an interesting one and the only way they could warn the priests and the children that the army (peelers) were coming was to shout out in irish for them to scatter...

Do you serve in the air force where you are? I have a german friend who once told me that they had to learn english in school because most of the businesses in germany are linked with english speaking countries and he said it was the most difficult language to learn because of all the similar pronouncing words such as through and threw and so on....