Re: anvil
As is said in Arabic: In'sh'allah
As is said by a certain Acme-purchasing coyote: Uh-Oh
Hahahahagaha! Is there any language you dont speak. I know you are fluent in several and seem to have book or look knowledge in many. Fess up multi-talented. Or like many singers especially operatic, they know enough languages to sing in them! So, are you operatic or situational or learnéd?
I grew up with multilingual grandparents and I believe that my lifelong fascination with language/communication led me to several of the paths I have taken: translator, language therapist, educator, actor.
Some of the languages are situational - I'm fluent in English, Italian and Spanish. I can understand/read 90% of French and Portuguese but I speak French poorly and can only say a few things in Portuguese. I can also understand/read a bit of German and Dutch. As for Arabic, I only know a couple of words that are widely used, In'sh'allah being one of them. As for learned - I have always wanted to learn Japanese, so I've taken a few classes, but it's difficult, and I operate on an infantile level (like a 1 year old Japanese baby), I can understand and say very basic phrases, I can read a very few words, but can't really write it (those kanji are killers!). And I'm currently taking private Zoom French lessons with a teacher who I really like, my biggest hurdle is the pronunciations - I speak French with a Spanish accent, apparently...LOL
I can sing in any language as long as it's presented phonetically (I can read IPA - International Phonetic Alphabet and it helps to have a translation), so in addition to the above languages, I have sung in Swahili, Zulu, Russian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Romanian, Mandarin Chinese, Latin, Czech, Greek.
If you go on Facebook, look for our band - Flat Mars Society Band - and find the video of us rehearsing "Box Truck". I'm totally singing on that!
Boy did I get you to a "t". Unbelievable woman!!!!!! Amazing amazing amazing. I bow to the linguist goddess of almost all.
I looked up that band several weeks ago as i thought i knew your last name. I asked Jeanne if i was right and she side stepped and wouldn't confirm. I even spelled it .?
Toe Tapping music and very nice voices including yours! What great fun! What an interesting life you have had!! ?