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===American Sign Language'Merican===[[Sam Doyon '05 ]] Dey terk ur jerbs!   ===Bahasa Indonesia=== [[Ronit Bhattacharyya '07]] lived in Jakarta for seven years, still has an okay grasp of the language. ===Bambaiya===Ay shanay! Apne aap ko badein samajhte hon, kya? Apun boss hain, clear? Hamari shahar, hamari boli. [[Rahul Shah]] [[Nikhar Gaikwad]] [[Ridhima Raina]] [[Sandy Nandagopal]]

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjh Thunny Khaft] learnt from his Bangla friends back in the former Soviet Union Irtefa Binte-Farid '11 ===CatalánCatalan===[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] learned a little bit while abroad in Barcelona. Think of and completed a mix between French and Italian, but pronounce all phonetic study of the consonantsit as his final project for LING 111.

[[Nela Vukmirovic http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung '0807](Wishes she had Cantonese soap operas to watch.) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08js Jennifer Sit] lived in Hong Kong for 2 yearshas transformed her Cantonese into Chinglish. Timothy Cheng, and all she can say If there's one essential phrase in Cantonese is , it's: "mgoi saing ho gai gan ngor!"(My Norweigian roomate can testify) Everything else you can survive without. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08slh Son '08] knows some bad words, thanks to Jing.

[http://wso.williamsMo Zhu '11 knows a little bit from a semester in Hong Kong but woefully inadequate.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung '07] (Wishes she had Cantonese soap operas Loves to watch.)use it though!

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jcr [Jason Ren '08's]], but only after disgusting losses in Beirut.

Richard Zhang '07 You wish you could speak this exclusive dialect Jessie Yu '07

Shea Chen '07 ====[http://en.wikipedia.org/wSikiwiki/Taishan_dialect Toisanese]====Amy Chin '08, but not really (she's an English major).

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06hdc Heather Casteel] '06 (drunkenly) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=nkh1 Nat Hewett] '11 -not very well, but can help you read something, maybe, if you're desparate. ===Farsi/Dari=== Samim Abedi '10 - Cannot read or write but can speak fluently. Faisal Khan '11 - Can't speak but can do a really good impression of Samim, which is like the same thing. Man gorosne hastam!! Also incredibly inadequate in my native tongue, Urdu, which I choose not to speak because of constant ridicule by the Williams South Asian community and 7-Eleven owners around the Northeast. ===Dutch=== [[Jason Leith|Jason Leith '03]] lived in the Netherlands for a few months, and can tell you what "neuken in de keuken" and "let op zakkenrollers!" means. He had little opportunity to actually speak the language, though, which was probably actually a good thing, as he values the integrity of his velum.

*'''British Accent''':[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08cjl Christina Lee '08] thought that she had the greatest British accent evar but her hopes and dreams were shattered when her entrymates told her in '04 that her British accent actually sucks. ) = '''Canadian Accent''':[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09mlg Mallory Green '09] knows that no one who is "impersonating" a Canadian accent actually sounds Canadian, no joke about a Canadian accent is funny to a Canadian, there isn't only one 'Canadian' accent and finally, you are all jealous of how cute we sound. '''Chinese Accent''':[[Jing Cao]] speak Proper Chinese Flavor English '''Hong Kong Accent'''::Timothy Cheng, You can't get much more Hong Kong than this.

*Chinese '''Indian Accent''':[[Jing CaoNirmal Deshpande '07]] speak Proper Chinese Flavor Englishoccasionally speaks with a British-tinged Indian accent, specifically responding "You can make me drink, but you cannot make me get you a beer!" to demands that he wait hand and foot upon someone.

*East European Accent:[[Nela Vukmirovic '08Sean Milano]] speaks English with East EU accent'09 tries to immitate his neighbour upstairs, though she doesnbut fails miserably. He just isn't notice it. Hmmm, it's not even pure East EU, it's a mixture of several..cool enough.

*:[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08rmr RHAAAD!] '08 Genuine, proper Indian Accentaccent!

*Japanese Accent:[[Diana Davis Aditi Chaturvedi '0710]] spent a month speaking English with a Japanese has an accent, so she can still do it very convincinglythat beats any imitation.It's the real thing!

*Scottish '''Japanese Accent''':[[Diana Davis '07]] spent a month speaking English with a Japanese accent, so she can still do it very convincingly.

*Southern '''Pittsfield Accent(including, but not limited to, Berkshire County)''':[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09emf Emily Flynn '09] grew up in the P-unit as people (I swear to God) seriously call it. She had a mad deece time at THS and was wicked excited to come to Williams. She could often be heard saying "Do it, you won't!", especially on the miniature golf course, at the b. mall, or at ken's bowl. Yee.

*Wisconsin '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish Singlish]''':[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=10hln Mike Nguyen '10] come tok to him lor. '''Southern Accent''':Evelyn Robinson '05 has an occassional native Southern accent so sudden and endearing you'd swear she is joking, but she aint. :[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09wem Will McClain '09] speaks with a Southern accent on and off during regular conversation (something out of his control), but can speak Mississippian at will. :[[Wes Johnson '09]] somehow doesn't have one. :[[Katie Montgomery Walker Matthews '0708]] has heard a consistent, strong Georgia drawl, even though he himself can't hear it or most other American accents. '''Wisconsin Accent''' :[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09cjv Cat Vielma '09] hates it, and reminds people that Chicago is universes apart from the rest of the grand ol' Midwest  "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manglish Manglish]":Teng Jian Khoo '09 speaks this at home. Somemore now got Singaporeans here dee, can imititate an accent tok crap with them liao - so strong that shiok! '''Minnesota Accent/Just Hilarious''':Tim Leclair '11 only knows a few words in Minnesotese and you will not believe that it actually existshave to find them in his daily speech like a dwarf finds his Mythril. Ask him to say, "North Dakota."

[[Joe Hutchinson '06]] was once accused of speaking French from the 18th century [[Kathryn Lindsey '07]] speaks decent French.  [[Lindsay Long-Waldor '08]] has not spoken in a while, but she might still have some skills.  [[Tosin Adeyanju '08]] third language I can kinda speak. [[Vlado Nedkov '06]] spent last year in Paris. He can say a lot more than 'voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir', althought that phrase comes in handy quite often. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06itj Ikem.T.Joseph] after 5 yrs of study can pretty much read and write with good understanding. In terms of speaking, that's a work in progress. [[Carl Vos '09]] mom is french, and I know a lot, but havn't spoken it in a while. I can get by alright. Jack Nelson '07 took it for 9 years before getting bored. Now speaks French like a Russian or Norwegian immigrant who speaks no French at all. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bdk Brian Kim '09] owes much of his sanity to the fact that dead French men write better books than most people. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson'08] is majoring agrees wholeheartedly with Brian Kim, but finds herself occasionally (and accidentally) speaking 18th and 19th century French because of it. [[Ben Grant '09]] took French for a while and has a pretty decent accent. Shows a flair for making fun of random French Canadians in it, bars because they sound so she probably knows a few phrasesfunny.

Katie Montgomery [[Andrew Goldston '07 can, in theory, communicate in 09]] was once teased by FrenchCanadians for having a "European accent". His high school French teachers would be proud of that. They would not be proud of his lack of fluency.

[[Lindsay Long-Waldor Robin Allemand '0810]] has not spoken in a while, but I might still have some skillsspeaks French fluently thanks to his parents.

[[Nela Vukmirovic Christophe Dorsey '0810]]' fourth language in which she has basic skillsspeaks French and hates Tom Coleman.

[[Tosin Adeyanju Chaedria Robinson '08]]' third language I can kinda 07 has a complicated relationship with the French she refuses to speak.

[[Vlado Nedkov Emilie Voight '0609]] spent last year knows that you'll get mocked if you say "neanmoins" in Pariscasual conversation. [[Meredith Sopher]] '14 finds French excellent for yelling. He  [[Son Le]] '14 whistles/hums French melodies all the time because he can say a lot more than 'voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir't remember any lyrics (well, althought that phrase comes in handy quite often.except Aux Champs Elysées)

Paloma Diaz speaks German too.  [[Joe Hutchinson '06]] thinks in and sometimes thinks he's German [[Kimi Gilbert '06]] spent more than a year in Berlin. Hence, she is legitimately badass. Her German skills are unbelievable. And she starred in a Deutsch Scheiße Schei�e Video. Go figure.

[[Brent Yorgey]] '04 (ancient [[Aditi Chaturvedi]] '10 knows more Greek than just the alphabet. Knows more grammar and vocabulary than she wants to, that is..as does anyone in CLGR 101.)

*Modern, anyone?Shawn Woo '09 **[[Joanna DemakisWalker Matthews '08]] knows entirely too much Greek, and for some but she dropped out inexplicable reason is moderately capable of reading something as complicated as Thucydides without actually being to conjugate verbs (a shortcoming he hopes to correct by the end of Greek school after first gradethe year). Robert Gearity '11 loves it when you come up to him and speak greek. Seriously, do it. ====Modern====

[[Nela Vukmirovic http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson '08]] loooooves speaks Italian 103 (itwith a sexy French accent. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez 's her third language)06] knows all of the great insults and generally vulgar phrases. [[Davide Carozza]]: born in Roma baby! It comes like  [[Chaedria Robinson '07]] Is morally opposed to speaking Italian without a breeze after all these DIV III classes.glass of Chianti. [[Rob Buesing '09]] gli piacerebbe se fosse piu italiano che 103, ma nonostante cerca di parlare italiano a qualsiasi punto con qualunque persona vuoi sentirla.

[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1882926250/002-7919228-6835221?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance The Devil knows Latin]. So does do [[Joe McDonough '06]]and [[Richard Rodriguez]]. A rather cool internet program created by Lee Butterman of Brown University is a text to speech program that will read any latin poetry or verse aloud and give you a decent pronunciation of it. Find it [http://www.poetaexmachina.net/ Here] [[Walker Matthews '08]] has studied Latin for seven years, which implies (but does not guarantee) that he knows what he's talking about. ===Love, the Language of=== [[Marilyn]] is quite fluent. She lives in [[Dodd House|Dodd]] 201 if you need lessons in this language. [[Hoai Chung Truong Pham]] '09 wows the Elizabethans with his compositions in the vernacular of amour. ===Malay=== Another one on the list of Teng Jian Khoo's lonely languages, although Ronit may be able to get most of it.

[[Laurie Brink]] sort-of-'05 was the "official unofficial" translator and pronunciation expert for the NYC area premiere of the Lord of the Rings Symphony, and, as such, can say a variety of things in Quenya, Sindarin, Adûnaic, Rohirric, Khuzdul, and the Black Speech. It also helps that she has, in a certain sense, been speaking Quenya since the day she learned her own name. ===Middle English===Rumor has it that [[Shane Bobrycki '07]] is fluent in Middle English. Also, he's a total nerd :) ===Mongolian=== If you use the word "hoorah" or "hurray," then you already know some Mongolian because hurray is a Mongol "exclamation of joy, victory, or excitement." [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=10ab Achbold Battogtokh] '10 A-Boo-Yeah! [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=10bt Bolor Turmunkh] '10 ===Navajo===Jeannette Rivera 12' Ya'teheh ===Nepali===Rob Adelmanlaai nepali bhaasaa bolna aauchaa ===Norwegian=== [[Jack Nelson '07]] speaks relatively fluently, especially when inebriated on some good ol' Mack �l, due to an exchange year there before Williams. Continues to delight in the fact that Norwegian includes the words fart, snart, fred and slut which means things entirely different.

Chaedria Robinson '07: Sim, eu falo um pequeno do Portugues. Douglas Washington '08: Eu tambam falo um poucinho. Ficava em Belem do Para para uma semestre. Foi bem legal e quero voltar no futuro. ===RumanianRomanian===

[[Laurie Brink]] sort-of-'05 knows just enough to sing the entirety of "Dragostea din Tei" (a.k.a. the Numa Numa song). [[Toby Hall]] Also knows just enough to sing "Dragostea din Tei" [[Andana Streng]] Born in Romania but speaking a funky kind of Romanian called "ardeleneste" which I mix with English when I'm really tired. And no, I don't like "Dragostea din tei". [[Andrei Baiu]] Born in Bucharest, Romania. I still speak it home. I also hate it when I see "Romanian" spelled "Rumanian"..... I have nothing against O-zone. Especially Numai Tu, another great song.

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view/09hek_2 Henry "Ted" Kernan '09] was born in Ecuador, grew up in Ecuador, lives in Ecuador, and speaks Ecuadorian Spanish...that hasn't stopped his Berkshire County friend insisting he's from Mexico.  [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view/09mm_2 Monsie Muñoz '09 (] speaks Mexican Spanish- is slowly adopting a chilanga accent)

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view/09adr Alejandro RodriguezRodríguez-Prieto '09 (] also speaks Mexican Spanish- but can speak an even more special subversion- the Chihuahan Chihuahuan accent)

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view/08lmg Luz M. Gomez Gómez '08 (] speaks paisa Mexican Spanish, can speak "proper spanish" when needed and can do a messed up chilanga accent----oh, and a beatiful Xicana accent)

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view/07ps Pablita Santos '07 (] speaks Mexican Spanish and has a beatiful Chicana accent when slightly intoxicated)

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=/06dr David RodriguezRodríguez] speaks Dominican Spanish to his fellow Dominicans and a more comprehensible Latin American Spanish to others, but often swears like a Spaniard for no good reason. (Joder!)

[[Alan Cordova '06]]- like your high school Spanish teacher. When traveling in non-Hispanophone countries, [[Alexander Lavy|Alex Lavy's]] brother pretends he is from Spain, where he "fights the bools" and "stoodies the art".

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jk Joanna Korman] speaks Spanish like her high school "pasos y puentes" textbook. She speaks and reads, but comprehension of real-live-native-speakers is not her gig.  [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08pmr Paulette RodriguezRodríguez] can speak Spanish without consonants (also known as Puerto Rican--similar to Dominican)

[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09cjv Cat Vielma ] speaks spanish with an American accent even though she was born in Chile. She truly has no "hispanic talents" whatsoever. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07sm Sara Morrissey] can speak Mexican spanish and slang. She improves her accent and dirty word vocabulary after she's downed some tequila. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jkb Julia Brown] speaks Ecuadorian Spanish with both an American accent and . [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06if Ilya Feldsherov '06] with a lisp that offends most Puerto Ricans, despite dropping his "s"s. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06itj Ikem T. Joseph] can get by with the few years of study he has but don't ask him to carry a convo, it's for your own good! [http://www.gerlanc.com Daniel Gerlanc] speaks Spanish with a Chilean peninsular accent . His accent cannot be traced to any particular country; however, most Spanish-speaking Europeans guess that he's from northern Europe. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08xjh Jerry He] lo habla [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook.view?unix=08tmh Toby Hall] spoke spanish in high school, but he's forgeting it as he learns german. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jjm Julian Mesri] speaks "castellano" a form of argentine spanish that uses sh for ll and y, and to many sounds more like italian than spanish... and we use vos- yeah that's right, vos. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09emf Emily Flynn] took 6 years, an A.P., & taught it in her hometown to overenthusiastic middleschoolers. Su palabra favorita esta sacapuntas. Paloma Diaz-Dickson speaks the same sentencelanguage of her mother-country, Mexico. And she's also Bolivian...or something like that.  [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08eaa Evelyn A. Aguilar ]speaks salvadorean spanish but with a peruvian accent (traveling messes with one's native accent). Shawn Woo '09

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