How much do you know about European languages? (Quiz)

[numbnuts]

6/8

 

[Cycleops]

Two wrong, and I like Abba.

 

[the_mikey]

4/8 here

 

[DaveReading]

7/8 (my Spanish let me down)

Did abysmally in the Dead Words - I shan't be using any of them with my students.

 

[swee'pea99]

I got #6 wrong.

Moi ici. What it has to do with my knowledge of foreign languages is a mystery.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

7 here: I forgot the meaning of the languages classification

 

[Once a Wheeler]

6 out of 8: Caribbean islands and Spanish are not my strong points. However, 7 out of 8 for the BBC, because, although common practice in the UK is to call the people of the Low Countries and their language Dutch, it really ought to be The Netherlands where they speak, surprisingly enough, Nederlands. (…whilst we are on the subject, Holland is a region of The Netherlands — compare its use by the British with the annoying habit of some Europeans who call the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish English.)

 

[Profpointy]

7/8 for me, with a fair bit of intelligent guessing. Got the last one (Spanish) wrong

 

[Dolorous Edd]

My philosophy is, learn and use the words for "please" and "thank you" in any country you visit.
That demonstrates a degree of respect that is universally appreciated.
Everything else is jam on top.

 

[cougie uk]

6 for me. That'll do.

 

[richardfm]

5 for me
2,7 and 8 wrong

 

[richardfm]

2 for me as well.

Another two, I wanted to choose the right answer, but thought that was too obvious, so went for something else!

3 for me in the dead words

 

[Reynard]

8/8 for me.

But then again, French, Polish, Flemish (Dutch), German and a teensy smattering of Russian is spoken chez Casa Reynard along with good old English.

 

[C R]

7 after fat fingering one of them.

 

[DaveReading]

My philosophy is, learn and use the words for "please" and "thank you" in any country you visit.

A former colleague of mine reckoned he could say "two beers, please, my friend will pay" in about 20 languages.