Mandarin and poetry from age 9

[Sysman]

So do I, it is embarrassing the number of languages most of them speak and more so when they ask you how many you speak.

The Dutch seem to focus on quite a few languages, their theory being that not many people speak Dutch (so I've been told).

Yes the Dutch do take languages seriously. I was told the same thing: "We are such a small country we can't expect everyone else to learn our language so we learn their's so that we can trade"

Plan is once I've got Dutch under my belt is to get my French back to fluency again as it's a tad out of practice after years of not much use. A lot of gigs in the Benelux countries require both French and Dutch these days.

That is a problem for me. My German got very rusty when I was living in France and within weeks of arriving in Switzerland my French was taking a nosedive. My French is however there to stay; I just need some exposure to it and it comes back. Fortunate;y I can get French TV here (though somewhat oddly my cable package has discontinued the Swiss French channels).

[xoggoth]

More useful than Spanish IMO

Dunno, but Spanish is much easier, probably the easiest of all languages, so a good one to start with.

[BrilloPad]

Superb. Now we need lessons in how to emigrate to a decent country.

[TimberWolf]

Superb. Now we need lessons in how to emigrate to a decent country.

A degree in poetry will help