Skill Focus on Speak or Read/Write Language

[AuraSeer]

I can beat that. I'm fluent in six languages, and have some proficency in five others.

(Okay, they're computer programming languages, but still... )

 

[AGGEMAM]

I can beat that. I'm fluent in six languages, and have some proficency in five others.

(Okay, they're computer programming languages, but still... )

Ok, If that count then it's 9 and 5 languages, respectively.

 

[kreynolds]

Hah. I got all of ya' beat. I can speak HICK!!!

 

[EOL]

When I lived in the Netherlands they had a joke that went something like this:

What do you call someone who speaks three or more languages?

A dutchman

What do you call someone who speaks two languages?

A foreigner

What do you call someone who only speaks one language?

An American....

 

[AGGEMAM]

Hah. I got all of ya' beat. I can speak HICK!!!

Touché!

But shouldn't that be: 'Hah. I got yall beat. I speak HICK!' in Hick.

 

[CRGreathouse]

But shouldn't that be: 'Hah. I got yall beat. I speak HICK!' in Hick.

No, he was kind enough to translate it for those of us whodon't speak it.

 

[kreynolds]

No, he was kind enough to translate it for those of us whodon't speak it.

Thas right, boy. I tell ya' what. Hick is really derned hard ta' read if ya' caint talk it. Try thisin on fer size: Didjaeatyet? Yantoo? Ya' damn near need one o' them fandangled translaten' speaker people ta' tell ya' whatsup! But I'll make a deal with ya'. You just mosey on over ta' my ranch, an' I'll learn ya' real good.

 

[orbitalfreak]

Thas right, boy. I tell ya' what. Hick is really derned hard ta' read if ya' caint talk it. Try thisin on fer size: Didjaeatyet? Yantoo? Ya' damn near need one o' them fandangled translaten' speaker people ta' tell ya' whatsup! But I'll make a deal with ya'. You just mosey on over ta' my ranch, an' I'll learn ya' real good.

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<hickspeek>

I unnerstood evry bit uv that, an' Im tellen yuh, 'at aint no hick speekin. Caint evun spell y'all rite. An the Foxworthey Rednek Conversa... Convursash... Speekin, gose lsum'min like this here:

Hey, jeetjet?
Naw, jew?
Naw, yontu?
Aahite.

</hickspeek>

Oh, and back on subject here, how 'bout this Feat:

Fluency [General]
You are adept at speaking many languages.
Requirements: Int 15+, 2 ranks in Speak Language.
Benefit: Choose two additional languages. You speak these languages as fluently as if you had purchased them with the Speak Language skill. You also receive a +2 circumstance bonus on all Diplomacy checks made while conversing in either of these languages.
((more? : make it a plus 2 on ALL languages spoken as of the time the feat is taken? After the feat is taken, as well?))

 

[whatisitgoodfor]

Caint evun spell y'all rite

I beg to differ. Use of the word "y'all" is a distinctive trait taht marks a person as one of two things. A Yankee import or one of the poor unfortuante souls who happen to live directly on the Mason Dixon line.

y'all is a contraction that represents a condensed version of the phrase "you all"

yall, on the other hand is the South Eastern US idiomatic second person plural.

If you will notice, there is a very distinctive differance between the two.

 

[kreynolds]

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<hickspeek>

I unnerstood evry bit uv that, an' Im tellen yuh, 'at aint no hick speekin. Caint evun spell y'all rite. An the Foxworthey Rednek Conversa... Convursash... Speekin, gose lsum'min like this here:

Hey, jeetjet?
Naw, jew?
Naw, yontu?
Aahite.

</hickspeek>

Boy! You don't know nothin'! You just watch yerself! I don' wanna hafta whoop ya' now!