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18. I really hope there is no one here who understands Hungarian LOL

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:19 AM

Feb 11

That one was worthy of Chief Showcase in "Yellow Back Radio Broke Down."

One of my favorites is the Republican penchant for telling people "I speak American."

I then ask, "which one?" This prompts "Whaddya mean?"

I answer, "well since English, Spanish, French and Portuguese are European languages, you can't be referring to them. American languages are Navajo, Lakota, Cherokee, Apache, Nahuatl, Seminole, Hopi, etc. etc. etc. If you are telling me you speak "American," I'm already impressed, so tell me which one?"

Oh, and if you think I have a big repetoire, I know a guy here who was born in Transylvania who speaks Hungarian, Romanian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew, Aramäic, and Yiddish, as well as fluent English. I may have him matched in number, but he is miles ahead of me in sophistication! We have English, Dutch, Spanish, French and German in common, but he leaves me in the dust with the others.

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On language: it occurs to me, yet again, with all the insane freakouts [View all] niyad Feb 10 OP

English is are language Dear_Prudence Feb 10 #1

The little red pen in my head is in constant motion some days! niyad Feb 10 #4

And it's OFFICAL! Permanut Feb 10 #6

Only since March 2025 niyad Feb 10 #9

you spelled "rite" incorrectly. ret5hd Feb 11 #17

Morans SheltieLover Feb 10 #2

To this day, some of us still use it to indicate a truly deep level of niyad Feb 10 #7

I saw a meme I'll paraphrase..the Constitution is in English and you guys don't seem to understand that. At all Deuxcents Feb 10 #3

That particular meme is what prompted my post tonight. niyad Feb 10 #5

In the run-up to 2016, they used to tout Melania's multi-lingual skills (fluent in seven languages, or so they said). Sogo Feb 10 #8

Six, although we never saw any indication of it. niyad Feb 10 #11

How many of the lily white peeps screaming johnnyfins Feb 10 #10

Interesting question. niyad Feb 10 #12

I suspect part of the problem stems from early cachukis Feb 10 #13

To thiis day, I can still recite part of the Latin mass! And a friend and I niyad Feb 10 #14

"...ignorant, clueless, provincial" and, in many cases, proud to be so. 3catwoman3 Feb 10 #15

Sadly, you are quite correct about their pride. niyad Feb 11 #16

I really hope there is no one here who understands Hungarian LOL DFW Feb 11 #18

I rarely use that one unless I am truly annoyed. A single digit niyad Feb 11 #19

I don't think I'll ever make it to thirteen DFW Feb 11 #20