Whats the most useful language to know?

Stercus Accidit · 15-04-2012 5:56pm

fluorescence wrote: »

I would highly recommend it. It's one of the easiest languages for english natives to learn

It's also ripe pickings for comedic and insensitive over pronunciation!

Marcin_diy · 16-04-2012 6:39am

Learn Polish language.
According to the latest Census 2011 there are more people in Ireland speaking Polish than Irish.

I'm wondering, why still all official documents/letters/sign posts are in English and Irish, not English and Polish

:D:D
:cool:

THEBALLS · 16-04-2012 6:59am

judgefudge wrote: »

So I'm thinkin of learning a language, branchin out a little.

I was lookin at them Rosetta Stone things and gonna get one I reckon but they're really expensive. Just wondering what would be the most useful language to know, in your opinion?

hold on....rosetta stone comes on a disc..........since when did we pay for stuff that comes on a disc :P

THEBALLS · 16-04-2012 7:01am

Marcin_diy wrote: »

Learn Polish language.
According to the latest Census 2011 there are more people in Ireland speaking Polish than Irish.

I'm wondering, why still all official documents/letters/sign posts are in English and Irish, not English and Polish :D:D
:cool:

cause this is IRELAND........not that crappy slum chunk of Russia

A_Sober_Paddy · 16-04-2012 7:05am

01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00001101 00001010

PG4000 · 16-04-2012 7:07am

The language of love

fricatus · 16-04-2012 7:50am

latenia wrote: »

Latin. I've never had an Italian, Spanish or Romanian lesson in my life yet I can pick up a newspaper in any of those languages and understand it no problem.

I learned Spanish, and I could pick up an Italian, Spanish, Romanian or Portuguese newspaper and understand it, no problem.

Plus, I was able to converse with loads of people who haven't been dead for 2,000 years!

Potential-Monke · 16-04-2012 8:03am

FUS RO DAH!

fricatus · 16-04-2012 8:06am

Clareman wrote: »

COBOL

fluorescence wrote: »

Java

Deleted User wrote: »

C++

later12 wrote: »

Mathematics

The question is obviously about human languages. Have you all missed this point, or are you just being wilfully dense?

The OP clearly wants to meet foreign chicks, not sit up in his bedroom playing with a fcuking computer like ye lot!

omahaid · 16-04-2012 9:04am

later12 wrote: »

No mention of Mathematics? It's the only universal language.

How would I go about ordering a snack box and a batter sausage in Mathematics?

Sykk · 16-04-2012 9:27am

Stromatolite

jester77 · 16-04-2012 9:45am

Depends on what your goal is. If you are looking for a job without worrying about visa issues, then German would be your best bet. German is the most widely spoken language in the EU and the DACH region is doing very well with the lowest unemployment within the EU.

kowloon · 16-04-2012 10:10am

fricatus wrote: »

The question is obviously about human languages. Have you all missed this point, or are you just being wilfully dense?

The OP clearly wants to meet foreign chicks, not sit up in his bedroom playing with a fcuking computer like ye lot!

Pascal it is.

kowloon · 16-04-2012 10:13am

omahaid wrote: »

How would I go about ordering a snack box and a batter sausage in Mathematics?

Draw axes and a scale on the menu, specify the coordinates of the item you want.

44leto · 16-04-2012 10:40am

The most useful language I know is the one I speak the most, its the only one I know. But its useful when a foreigner doesn't understand me all you have to do is speak it louder while poking them in the chest. They get the message.

El Horseboxo · 16-04-2012 10:51am

For me it's been Spanish. It's come in more handy than English for me in non English speaking countries. I'd be trying a really slow broken conversation in English getting nowhere and then I'd ask hablas español and a lot of the time they'd speak more Spanish than English.

Loomis · 16-04-2012 11:35am

Skanger

Roadtrippin · 16-04-2012 12:01pm

Mmh, I speak 4 languages (well 3 and a half really, my Russian is a little rusty) and I think they were all useful at some stage. German is great to have, especially for work, and Spanish is handy if you like travelling etc.

Why do you want to learn another language? If it's for work, German or Chinese are very useful at the moment, if it's for your own entertainment, I recommend Spanish.

I'd love to learn Italian, Polish and Gaeilge properly at some stage. So many languages, so little time

darlett · 16-04-2012 12:04pm

It depends where you are.

(Do I get an award?)

Mickey H · 16-04-2012 12:08pm

Try Loxian. Very useful.

AngryBollix · 16-04-2012 12:08pm

In terms of speakers it would have to be english, spanish pr mandarin chinese

Jagera · 16-04-2012 12:10pm

fricatus wrote: »

The question is obviously about human languages. Have you all missed this point, or are you just being wilfully dense?

The OP clearly wants to meet foreign chicks, not sit up in his bedroom playing with a fcuking computer like ye lot!

You should learn the humour language.

CrazyRabbit · 16-04-2012 1:59pm

fluorescence wrote: »

Rosetta Stone is crap - don't waste your money! You can get all the language resources you need on the web for free. Get a book or two as well and you're sorted.

Pick a language of a country you'd like to visit or just enjoy the sound of. I'm learning Swedish which, while not terribly useful in an international sense, will be most helpful in any Scandinavian country I find myself in

Not sure how that will be helpful considering that 90% of the locals in each scandanavian country speak perfect English...

I'm learning Dutch. No reason other than I like the sound of it. It's important that whatever language a person chooses to learn, that they enjoy doing so. It's hard at first and easy to quit, so making it fun will get your through that tough period.

CrazyRabbit · 16-04-2012 2:01pm

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00001101 00001010

You leave my mother out of this!!

Agricola · 16-04-2012 2:07pm

A useful language necessary to understand the bullshít that is nuances of English football commentary....

http://www.dangerhere.com/ronglish.htm

44leto · 16-04-2012 2:08pm

I always wondered about those people who learn ancient Greek or Egyptian and even Mayan. Imagine the difficulty and dedication it took to learn those. It's not like you can go a type of gealteach to practice these ancient languages, unless you had a time machine.

hooradiation · 16-04-2012 2:09pm

fricatus wrote: »

The question is obviously about human languages. Have you all missed this point, or are you just being wilfully dense?

The kid's right.
C# would be a far better choice, goddamn.

judgefudge · 16-04-2012 2:19pm

The OP is a 'chick' so its not about picking up foreign chicks. Although now you have me thinking bout where the best lookin fellas are

Anyways, I'm going with Spanish. Only went and downloaded it illegally last night. Thats saved me 400euro anyways :cool:

dr.fuzzenstein · 16-04-2012 3:29pm

IM0 wrote: »

american

Fcuk yeah!

starlit · 16-04-2012 5:04pm

English is the most obvious one after that be French, German and Spanish. If its languages.

If programming languages I assume be the java family of programming languages.

hairyprincess · 16-04-2012 5:48pm

The language of love

southcentralts · 16-04-2012 6:05pm

we shud all lern txt lang 2 be able 2 comunik8 gud,

( since there is no <sarcastic> </sarcastic> tags )
don't even start about how to speak TXT.

marty1985 · 16-04-2012 6:20pm

中文是最值得學習的語言.

Chinese is the most useful. IMO.

cocoshovel · 16-04-2012 6:26pm

fluorescence wrote: »

Rosetta Stone is crap - don't waste your money! You can get all the language resources you need on the web for free. Get a book or two as well and you're sorted.

This! Rosetta stone is not worth the mental prices they charge for it. While it helps a little bit, I think it does not help enough. It doesnt even teach you the meanings of most words, leaving you to go figure it out by yourself (which is good in some ways). Anybody who actually pays for it is probably mad in the head.

Boscoirl · 16-04-2012 6:27pm

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

I'm learning Dutch. No reason other than I like the sound of it.

fricatus · 16-04-2012 6:47pm

judgefudge wrote: »

The OP is a 'chick' so its not about picking up foreign chicks. Although now you have me thinking bout where the best lookin fellas are

Anyways, I'm going with Spanish. Only went and downloaded it illegally last night. Thats saved me 400euro anyways :cool:

Sorry about that OP... I tend to assume that everybody on the internet is male until proven otherwise...

No offence intended... but be it chicks or fellas, let's face it, if we're learning a language, we tend to consider the potential hook-ups!

I did French in college and had about half an hour to choose either Spanish or German as my minor language, and all the time in my 18-year-old head there was a voice going "Spanish girls or German girls, Spanish girls or German girls..." so I went for Spanish

No regrets of course, learning Spanish was one of the best things I ever did - indeed career wise it jumped me up by about 5k one time being able to speak it, but I was in Munich a few weeks back and realised that I shouldn't have been so hasty with my prejudices at that age!

cocoshovel · 16-04-2012 7:00pm

Honestly op, learn a language that you're genuinly interested in. I think if you just try learn any ould language without having an further interest in the country or language then you wont succeed very well. I think thats what secondary school compulsory french taught me. :pac:

judgefudge · 16-04-2012 7:53pm

cocoshovel wrote: »

Honestly op, learn a language that you're genuinly interested in. I think if you just try learn any ould language without having an further interest in the country or language then you wont succeed very well. I think thats what secondary school compulsory french taught me. :pac:

Well im most interested in Italian (for some reason) but its not much use outside of italy. Spanish makes the most sense and on closer inspection Spanish and Italian are quite similar!

So Spanish it is I think...

THEBALLS · 16-04-2012 7:54pm

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

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well no point telling him binary if he doesnt speak it..........that,d be like me saying francais or espanol......he,d hav no idea what im on about

Oh btw.. 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judgefudge · 16-04-2012 8:39pm

THEBALLS wrote: »

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00001101 00001010

well no point telling him binary if he doesnt speak it..........that,d be like me saying francais or espanol......he,d hav no idea what im on

For the love of god I'm not a guy! And I'm already fluent in binary.

THEBALLS · 17-04-2012 6:59am

judgefudge wrote: »

For the love of god I'm not a guy! And I'm already fluent in binary.

oh really....

How you doin {joey trivionni style}

Zio · 17-04-2012 12:10pm

You should choose what ever language you feel your most attracted to. Choosing one language that is more widely spoken over a language which you feel most drawn to would be a mistake as you will might lose interest when it gets tough and its not easy to learn another language so it will be tough.

If its purely for business however go with what is most useful in where you want to base yourself.

For pleasure go with what sounds the nicest to you and the culture that your most attracted to. Theres no point of learning what is most widely spoken if its not what you really wanted to learn the most. Learn first what you love then second what is more spoken, would be a lot easier

SEANoftheDEAD · 26-06-2012 11:16am

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00001101 00001010

98.105.110.97 114.13.121.10

Not very useful is it?

conor.hogan.2 · 26-06-2012 11:24am

utopianruins wrote: »

98.105.110.97 114.13.121.10

Not very useful is it?

It is supposed to spell binary (kinda, in ascii)

SEANoftheDEAD · 26-06-2012 11:26am

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

It is supposed to spell binary (kinda, in ascii)

Ah I see... I got all excited with my pen and paper trying to convert it...
the end result was very dissappointing and now I have to return to work

biko · 26-06-2012 11:29am

Clareman wrote: »

COBOL

People might be laughing but tbh COBOL is still used a lot even today (I think JCL is also used still).
Mostly by banks and large corps that doesn't want to upgrade, and why should they as long as it's working.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. HELLOWORLD.
*
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
CONFIGURATION SECTION.
SOURCE-COMPUTER. IBM-370.
OBJECT-COMPUTER. IBM-370.
DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MAIN-LOGIC SECTION.
BEGIN.
DISPLAY "Hello world!" LINE 15 POSITION 10.
STOP RUN.
MAIN-LOGIC-EXIT.
EXIT.

On topic, Japanese or Chinese are good languages to know if you plan a future in global business.

conor.hogan.2 · 26-06-2012 11:32am

utopianruins wrote: »

Ah I see... I got all excited with my pen and paper trying to convert it...
the end result was very dissappointing and now I have to return to work

Well it depends on context but binary makes more sense in this instance.

62 69 6E 61 72 79 I think.

jester77 · 26-06-2012 12:27pm

biko wrote: »

People might be laughing but tbh COBOL is still used a lot even today (I think JCL is also used still).
Mostly by banks and large corps that doesn't want to upgrade, and why should they as long as it's working.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. HELLOWORLD.
*
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
CONFIGURATION SECTION.
SOURCE-COMPUTER. IBM-370.
OBJECT-COMPUTER. IBM-370.
DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MAIN-LOGIC SECTION.
BEGIN.
DISPLAY "Hello world!" LINE 15 POSITION 10.
STOP RUN.
MAIN-LOGIC-EXIT.
EXIT.

On topic, Japanese or Chinese are good languages to know if you plan a future in global business.

Very true. California state had to re-hire their cobol/rpg engineers as it was turning out to be too complicated and costly to migrate their old systems plus they are even re-writing some of their older systems in cobol.

Burt Lancaster · 26-06-2012 3:25pm

English I'd say

Whats the most useful language to know?

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