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icarusbride
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10:58 pm, Apr 28 2012
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Way to be stereotypical and insulting.
I'm American and have studied 8 languages.
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connerity
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11:00 pm, Apr 28 2012
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And that allows you to deny that the majority only speaks english?
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giinko
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Psycho. Cracked.
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11:33 pm, Apr 28 2012
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Quote from NightSwan It seems to me that this thread has somehow turned into a penis measuring contest.
You seem to forget the other half of the population.
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mattai
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11:39 pm, Apr 28 2012
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Quote from giinko You seem to forget the other half of the population.
The half that doesn't understand metaphors?
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giinko
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Psycho. Cracked.
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11:50 pm, Apr 28 2012
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Quote from mattai The half that doesn't understand metaphors?
Don't you think it's unfair that metaphor has to be something involving that half and not everybody?
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Crenshinibon
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11:54 pm, Apr 28 2012
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Quote from giinko Don't you think it's unfair that metaphor has to be something involving that half and not everybody?
As with the phrase 'like a moth to a candle,' which is clearly unfair to all those not of a lepidopteran persuasion.
(admittedly this is a simile, but we'll let that bit go.)
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11:54 pm, Apr 28 2012
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Quote from giinko Don't you think it's unfair that metaphor has to be something involving that half and not everybody?
how would a vagina measuring contest work?
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giinko
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Psycho. Cracked.
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11:59 pm, Apr 28 2012
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Quote from Crenshinibon As with the phrase 'like a moth to a candle,' which is clearly unfair to all those not of a lepidopteran persuasion.
(admittedly this is a simile, but we'll let that bit go.)
XD, sorry. I'm half-drunk, haven't sleep for 2 days, and still have to stay up to wait for the last part of the report from the group. A bit cracked, never mind what I've been blabbing.
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12:01 am, Apr 29 2012
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Quote from kaerfehtdeelb how would a vagina measuring contest work?
Easy. But better fit in the 18+ forums, so I'll leave it to your imagination.
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JakeeDylan
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12:34 am, Apr 29 2012
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English... that's all.
I took Spanish since 6th grade, but I consider myself unable to speak or understand nearly the entire language. So... yeah.
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SilverStorm
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1:39 am, Apr 29 2012
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Rude is still rude, even if there's some fact to it.
icarus never implied that it's untrue, but rather that the poll is an overgeneralization. (Although, I legitimately would be interested in world statistics on monolingualism and multilingualism...)
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drunkguy
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1:53 am, Apr 29 2012
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English. I've taken classes in a number of other languages but I wouldn't call myself proficient in them.
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story645
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2:04 am, Apr 29 2012
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Me too, except my Hebrew is limited to biblical Hebrew and reading food labels and the like, so I don't consider myself proficient. I get the simultaneous thing, even if you're mentioning it as a joke, 'cause I've had conversations with my cousins that flowed in and out of all three languages.
This poll was destined to turn into a contest just by the subject nature. The threads for languages are similar.
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doki-doki-kimochi
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3:16 am, Apr 29 2012
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Slightly offended by the American remark ._. but only because I was born and raised here. I have no other sentimental attachments to America except for this.
But seriously...I would expect that most Americans would pick choice two...considering that it's a 'melting pot' and so diverse and all, but whatever. I'm guessing most of the population don't even have much of a cultural background anyways, unless you count the people who say they're 1/4 Irish, 1/4 Scottish...
As for me, it's two, which disappoints me greatly...but hey, I guess I can always change that, right? 
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uzumakiwalid
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3:54 am, Apr 29 2012
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I'm from Indonesia so my native language are indonesian and here english were taught as second language, i have a basic japanese knowledge so really can't say i'm proficient at japanese, though i'm know enough english enough to be called proficient at it(at english i mean, in any case anyone wondering)
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