What languages RV people speak

[David_Nelson]

Great thread Vlad!

Let's see, my wife will add Hungarian, German, English, and Russian.

I've got the English and Spanish. Nice thing about Spanish is that, with a little bit of effort and patience, I can squeak by with Italian and Portuguese.

/\/elson

[allbee]

I speak english and hand signs. You know the fist, the finger, thumbs down, thumbs up, etc.

[Vlad]

Originally Posted by David_Nelson

Great thread Vlad!

Let's see, my wife will add Hungarian, German, English, and Russian.

........
I can squeak by with Italian and Portuguese.

/\/elson

That's great Dave! What we need to know now is your wife's name to add to our database. Is she a PhD in linguistics like Susie Reeves? You are the luckiest one to have such a lady in the house.

Your squeaky Italian and Portuguese are of great value too. In Russia they have a saying, something like " How many languages you know so many times you are human being". Your wife probably knows exact interpretation of this proverb...


Steve,

Sign language - you mean real sign language or just spoken sign language.... or Navy sign language?

[TX7A]

...but I'm fixin' to start workin on reglur English.

[tomagin]

Spanish and Portuguese are reasonably good.

Also in English varieties -- Singlish --English as spoken in Singapore and South African English is a lekker version that I can follow.

[rmcgann]

Fluent in Strine (Australian English spoken with an ozzie accent) and a master of left hand braille after a six pack.

cheers,
Ron
South Australia

[Vlad]

Info added to database on page 5 and 6. In two years I will ask Doug to make it sticky. 28 languages so far. Also 16 dialects of English, several jargons and sign communications. RV Group looks like the most diversified in the world.

[ENGINESEVO]

Hi Vlad:

I´m Spanish (Granada) and obviously is my language, also enough english to communicate and portuguesse. I´m planning to move to Brazil in the summer for living and finish my RV-8 there, so if someone needs help I´ll be there.....

Jose M. García
RV-8
Empennage finished
Wings almost done

[Joe Hine]

Interesting thread Vlad! Some times you do not realize that you speak other languages until you have someone with you that requires translation! I was born in England and have many relatives in Liverpool. The first trip there with my wife, who is Canadian, I realized quickly that she was not understanding a lot of some conversations....so I became an English/Scouse translator! Scouse is what residents of Liverpool call their particular brand of english.

Early in my working life, I lived in Newfoundland, and worked in a few isolated small fishing communities. I very quickly learned that some of the older residents especially had a very hard time understanding me....so I had to learn to speak Newf. Salt of the earth people with one of the most delightful accents in the world.

Oh yeah, also went to a year long language school to learn french a few years ago, so I'm sort of functional there as well.

Joe Hine
C-FYTQ
Fredericton N.B.

[RV-10Drmr]

I speak "Tom Brokaw" English - mid-western flat accent, unless I'm tired or angry and switch to my native south Mississippi dialect and inflections. However, I finished two years of Russian in my college years. Spent some time in a former Soviet republic that has very little liking for "the Bear," and almost got spat on for "sounding like a Muscovite." Decent German after living two and a half years in Deutchland for my uncle Sam. Languages are almost as cool as aviation - just another way to meet great people in different places.