What languages do you speak?

[drakhe]

1. I live in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium.

2. Local language is dutch, and there's a lot of dialects (allmost
every city speaks uses a distinct dialect). Actualy , the dutch that we speak is distinct from the dutch spoken in the Netherlands!

3. I speak dutch, english, french and german. I can handle a dozen dutch dialects, half a dozen english dialects, a couple of french and german dialects.

4. Dutch and english on a business level, french on a conversationel level and I get by in german.

5. In-game we use english, out-game anything approriate local (which is usualy a mix of dutch dialects except when I'm playing with colleagues/friends from the french-speaking side of the country)

6. English!!! (I actualy prefer english, even over my native dutch. I feel english is a language more suited to conveying technical information like in rules books over any other language)

7. Reasonably I guess. In the town I live in (Antwerp) we have 1 specialised RPG shop (Celtic Cross) and a couple of others that cary some RPG material. The major problem I have is the difficulty of ordering online material. Some product can NOT legaly be ordered from Belgium (notably most WOTC stuff, for some reason they can't/won't sell on-line to our country and a bunch of others).
One other problem: most stuff is released hear ages after the rest of the world and some stuff can only be ordered, no stock available.

 

[drakhe]

Wee bit of an addendum: concerning question 5 What language used at the gaming table.

I replied English for in-game conversation. That is not entirely correct. I'll use whatever is approriate for the character. I'd use any of the languages I can speak if it would serve the character and in some cases I'll make an effort to use at least some words in a specific language (eg. when I played an elf sorcerer I found a elfish list of words and expresions and used them for my spells.)

 

[Viking Bastard]

[Off-topic, but rpg-relevant note: there's a Faroese musical group that attempts to revive Viking-era music using authentic period instruments (including the the lyre, flute, lure, rebec, shawm, and jew harp). Check 'em out at http://www.krauka.dk/cd_english.htm. Thought this might be good for Norse-flavored campaigns.]

Yeah, they held a concert here some months ago which I attended.

They were surprisingly good.

 

[The It's Man]

Re: Re: What languages do you speak?

(...) Orcs, Goblins and Kobolds basically can only be translated as "aardmannetjes". All three of them.(...)

I think I won't even be able to understand a Dutch translation of the MM

My Kramers Dutch-English lexicon translates:

Aardmannetje: Gnome, goblin, brownie.
Kobold: gnome, imp, goblin.
Gnoom: gnome, goblin.
Kabouter: elf, gnome, dwarf

And my Kramers English-Dutch lexicon translates

Gnome: gnoom, kabouter
Goblin: kobold
brownie: kabouter
imp: kobold
elf: elf, kabouter
dwarf: dwerg

 

[tleilaxu]

In this thread on the EN World d20 Publisher's forum, sotterraneo (from Italy) was asking d20 Publishers about the European market and how it is viewed. Along those lines I would like to ask EN Boarders the following questions.

1.) Where do you live? (Country, community, etc. at whatever level of disclosure you feel comfortable.)

Hong Kong

2.) What is the primary language in your area? (...and is it a notably different dialect than its original?)

Cantonese

3.) What languages do you speak? (...and dialect if appropriate, please)

English, Cantonese, Spanish

4.) At what level of competency? (...if other than your primary language.)

English - perfect
Cantonese - bad but good enough
Spanish - pidgin level

5.) What language do you use at the gaming table? (...or in online games?)

English

6.) In what language are the gaming materials you use? (...and is it the language you prefer to use for gaming?)

English, yes

7.) How well serviced is the area in which you live in regard to gaming materials? (Miles/Kilometers to the nearest game store, what materials do they carry, etc.)

in a city of 7 million people i have found -one- (!) gaming store that focuses mainly on magic the gathering. they carry wargames, dnd, white wolf, sword and sorcery, steve jackson, etc but only limited products from each publisher

Thanks for you time!

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

1.) Where do you live? (Country, community, etc. at whatever level of disclosure you feel comfortable.)

Battle Creek, Michigan and Los Angeles, California

2.) What is the primary language in your area? (...and is it a notably different dialect than its original?)

English in Michigan, mostly English and Spanish in LA

3.) What languages do you speak? (...and dialect if appropriate, please)

English, Spanish, French, Latin, and a bit of German

4.) At what level of competency? (...if other than your primary language.)

English natively, Spanish fluently enough to communicate with native speakers. French and Latin I can read rather well, but my mouth just doesn't work the right way to pronounce French very well. German I'm just starting to learn, but can usually puzzle out a fair amount of most texts.

5.) What language do you use at the gaming table? (...or in online games?)

The dialect of English known as "geek." Consists mostly of movie quotes and sentences containing the word "wang."

See here for more information

6.) In what language are the gaming materials you use? (...and is it the language you prefer to use for gaming?)

English, and yes.

7.) How well serviced is the area in which you live in regard to gaming materials? (Miles/Kilometers to the nearest game store, what materials do they carry, etc.)

Two gaming stores here in town, one of which specializes in old, rare, or out of print items.

Two other gaming stores in the next city over (~30 miles).

All of them offer around a 20% discount on most new products