Oh Jesus, here goes.
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English - Native speaker, fluent. Minnesotan dialect, more knowledgeable than most Americans when it comes to British English.
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Spanish - (Central & South American, I don't know what to do with "vos"). Conversational level in spoken, reading and writing. This summer I plan on reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Spanish.
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American Sign Language - Went to a school for deaf and hard of hearing kids K-8. All I can really remember are the alphabet, colors, family members and food.
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Latin - Took 2 years in high school because... I had some dumb reason at the time. I know enough to recognize it as Latin when I see it, but can't remember a lick of it to save my life.
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Chinese Mandarin - Learning a little more everyday while living in China.
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K'iche - I learned some basics a few years ago when living in Guatemala. I still have flashcards I made sitting around somewhere...
I'd really like to further study Mandarin in a university setting instead of getting ad hoc (holy shit, Latin) lessons everyday. Today was, "I have a question!" Tomorrow who knows?
I'm at a point with my Spanish that I can develop further on my own. It's gotten really rusty, but learning Chinese from the ground up has made me realize just how much Spanish I knew. Five years ago I could talk with taxi drivers about local politics, these days I sit around thinking, "Oh shit, what is the word for this?
If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.
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