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Without googling. I managed 8.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:06 pm
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I find a gentle hand on the shoulder, a small kiss on the left cheek whilst simultaneously rubbing inner thighs goes down quite well.

5.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:12 pm
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6
English
Spanish
Welsh
German
French
Portuguese
Off the top of my head.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:16 pm
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also 8

english
german
french
dutch
greek
spanish
norwegian
swedish


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:16 pm
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Chinese (x4 in different dialects)
Malay
Indonesian
Thai
German
Dutch
French
Spanish
Icelandic
Norwegian

10


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:20 pm
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I'm crap at (human) languages, but whenever I go somewhere I always try to learn to say at least "please", "thank you", "yes", "no" and "beer" ๐Ÿ˜€

It never sticks though.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:21 pm
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english
welsh
spanish
french
german
japanese
portuguese
arabic


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:21 pm
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English, French German Spanish, Polish, Dutch Italian. I've forgotten a few as well that I did learn. I always try to learn a few basic words in the language of the country I am visiting - Yes , no, please, thank you, beer. If you can't say " two beers please" "thank you" it is a poor show


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:22 pm
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English
French
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Spanish
Welsh
German
Dutch
Italian
Portugese
Swiss


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:24 pm
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Just the standard 4 for me.

English
French
Spanish
German

Edit: is obrigado (sp) thanks in Portuguese? If it is 5 woo hoo!!


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:25 pm
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Not sure you can count the nordics as three different ones, or Swiss and German.

Edit: is obrigado (so) thanks in Portuguese?

Yes, I'd forgotten I knew that, so 9.

English
French
Welsh
German
Finnish
Swedish
Italian
Spanish
Portugese


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:26 pm
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Judging by most people's manners these days, I'd say the average answer to this is zero.

Even a wave of the hand seems to be beyond a lot of folk.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:32 pm
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Mange tout


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:32 pm
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Wow, I'm so uncultured - only 6

English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Norwegian


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:36 pm
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For me:

English
German
Mandarin Chinese
Taiwanese
Japanese
French
Spanish
Czech
Dutch
Italian

Funny 'danke' was one of the first words I learnt in German but a word you rarely here in this part of Germany. ๐Ÿ˜


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:38 pm
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English
Spanish
Italian
Icelandic
French
Portuguese
German
Dutch
Flemish
Chechz
Romanian
Rom
Norwegian
Russian


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:39 pm
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English and Welsh. I feel like I know French but can't think what it is. I don't tend to leave the uk, or wales for that matter...


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:41 pm
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Portuguese they are over the moon which makes me think how sad it is.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 5:43 pm
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I feel like I know French but can't think what it is.

Murky bucket.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 6:06 pm
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English
French
German
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Japanese
(I'll stick at that - I was taught some cantonese by a lad I knew at school but I think my "thank you" is probably more of a "go **** your mum" - possibly literally that)


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 6:20 pm
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English
French
German
Swedish
Finnish

Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Greek
Turkish

Polish
Arabic
Urdu
Tamil


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 6:35 pm
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15 without googling.
English
Welsh
French
Dutch
German
Swedish
Danish
Polish
Russian
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese
Gujarati
Farsi
Japanese
Irritated to realise I have forgotten a few more I learnt back along.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 6:48 pm
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English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Greek
German
Hungarian
Arabic
Russian
Japanese

I knew a few of the central / Eastern European ones years ago, but all forgotten now.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 7:30 pm
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Facial expressions and tone of voice seem to work well, so all languages pretty much. ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 7:45 pm
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Does Klingon count?


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 7:56 pm
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all of them

[b]THANK YOU[/b]


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 8:00 pm
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In the Sakhalin region of Russia, 'thank you' literally translates as 'shoe laces undone'

So no, you don't know all of them.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 8:05 pm
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English
Welsh
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Slovenian
Serbian
Macedonian
Albanian
Russian
Swedish
Finnish

14. Blimey, surprised myself!


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 8:13 pm
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English
French
German
Czech
Polski
Greek
Hindi
Danish/Swedish
Italian


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 8:28 pm
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Norwegian
Swedish
Danish

Cheat !!


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 8:32 pm
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Think I'm on 7 if you group the Scandinavian languages together:
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Norwegian/Swedish/Danish
Korean


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 8:38 pm
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English
Welsh
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
German
Arabic
Swahili
Wolof
Bambara
Amharic
Afrikaans
Vietnamese

Forgotten lots of others. Guess where I've travelled most!


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 9:53 pm
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[quote=DrJ ]Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Cheat !!

Rumbled ๐Ÿ™‚

But I forgot I spent 6 months working in North Africa so can add Arabic to my list too


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 9:55 pm
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One less than I can order two beers in, as I assume "Pished" likely doesnt count when trying to thank someone


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:21 pm
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English
French
German
Dutch
Spanish
Italian
Romanian
Danish/Norwegian/Swedish/Icelandic
Chinese


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:22 pm
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English
French
Italian
Spanish
Portugese
German
Russian
Japanese
Happyish with eight.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 10:37 pm
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English
Spanish
French
Cantonese
Mandarin
Japanese
Russian
German

Well, you have to say thanks for the beers.


 
Posted : 26/10/2016 11:52 pm
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English
French
German
Ukrainian
Spanish
Medieval Latin
Ancient Greek


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 12:07 am
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English
Welsh
French
German
Icelandic
Sesotho
Afrikaans
Portuguese
Spainish
Italian


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 1:26 am
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English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Russian
Nigerian.
kinyarwandan


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 6:05 am
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9 including English:
Greek
Swedish
German
Finnish
French
Italian
Portugese
Spanish
English


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 8:09 am
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English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Swedish
Spanish
Urdu
Hindi


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 10:00 am
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Medieval Latin
Ancient Greek

Lolz

Nec minus a te expectant.


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 10:04 am
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If we don't allow Norwegian / Swedish / Danish as 3 then:

English
French
Spanish
Italian
Portugese
German
Dutch
Greek
Polish
Romanian
Hungarian
Russian
Arabic
Scandinavian
Japanese

15.

Shamefully I don't know Welsh or Gaelic and I really should

EDIT forgot Japanese


 
Posted : 27/10/2016 10:18 am
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Diolch

That's 15 for you richmtb.


 
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