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Old 21 March 2014, 04:07 AM   #1
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What is a foreign language worth?
In a study you stated like himself learn this from foreign languages has an effect.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prosp...6d37c30b6f1709
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Old 21 March 2014, 04:46 AM   #2
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I study myself a learn stated like this effect has you an foreign language.
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Old 21 March 2014, 12:56 PM   #3
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Old 26 March 2014, 06:30 AM   #4
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Old 21 March 2014, 04:57 AM   #5
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I've studied French, Vietnamese, and Spanish.

I figure that adjusting for inflation, learning a foreign language is worth about 37¢, as long as I remain in the US.
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Old 21 March 2014, 05:06 AM   #6
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In a study you stated like himself learn this from foreign languages has an effect.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prosp...6d37c30b6f1709
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Old 21 March 2014, 05:21 AM   #7
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Old 21 March 2014, 05:41 AM   #8
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It's mandatory to speak several languages if you live in Europe.
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Old 21 March 2014, 06:23 AM   #9
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I have study swenglish for 33 years and I still learn so I will say, priceless.
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Old 22 March 2014, 09:07 AM   #10
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It's mandatory to speak several languages if you live in Europe.
Not in England.
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Old 23 March 2014, 08:01 AM   #11
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It's mandatory to speak several languages if you live in Europe.


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Not in England.
England doesnt want to be part of Europe so that one doesnt count...

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Old 21 March 2014, 08:12 AM   #13
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Old 22 March 2014, 01:50 PM   #14
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Old 21 March 2014, 04:15 PM   #16
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Old 21 March 2014, 06:07 PM   #17
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Just throw in a bunch of words in any order (like I did above).
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Old 21 March 2014, 06:38 PM   #18
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Yes, there will be a new GMT pepsi ceramic in different language writing worth at Basel release.
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Old 21 March 2014, 09:25 PM   #19
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I live in America...Only language I care for is ENGLISH. All other languages,
WHo CARES...
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Old 21 March 2014, 09:47 PM   #20
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I live in America...Only language I care for is ENGLISH. All other languages,
WHo CARES...

Bilingual people.
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Old 22 March 2014, 02:05 AM   #22
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I live in America...Only language I care for is ENGLISH. All other languages,
WHo CARES...
The other umpteenth billions who speak another language other than English...
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Old 22 March 2014, 02:37 AM   #23
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I personally speak French and English fluently, I also took German classes back in University but sadly I forgot most of it as I didn't have the chance to practice a lot. I for one think it's always useful to know more than one language.

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I live in America...Only language I care for is ENGLISH. All other languages,
WHo CARES...
And the award for the most opened mind goes to...

With all due respect, America is a continent that includes more countries than the United States (where a lot of people know different languages anyway) and those countries have people who speak different languages than English. I trust those people do care.
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WHo CARES...


USA! USA! USA!
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USA! USA! USA!

I'm sure he means Bob.
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USA! USA! USA!
Holy Sh!t that's too much!
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Old 22 March 2014, 03:51 AM   #27
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Holy Sh!t that's too much!
He's a celeb that bought a watch from Bob.
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I live in America...Only language I care for is ENGLISH. All other languages,
WHo CARES...
All the other people speaking these languages?
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I live in America...Only language I care for is ENGLISH. All other languages,
WHo CARES...
And this mentality is why many people around the world have little use for Americans
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