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Anonymous
Hey folks, Amerifag here, and I'm pissed.

Despite being told that my college would be teaching German, I was lied to and the only languages they offer are Spanish, French and Italian. I've taken two years of Latin in high school, though the second year was a joke. Overall, I'm not enthused about learning a Romantic language. Since I can't take German, the language which I've been jipped out of learning for 6 years now, which of those languages should I study for the next 3 semesters?
>> Anonymous
French
Spanish
Italian

in order of which will take you farther in your travels
>> Anonymous
>>77858

What the fuck are you talking about?

French (France and former french colonies, like a couple of countries in Africa)
Spanish (Whole of Latin America and Spain)
Italian (Italy)
>> Anonymous
All of these suck.
I know this for a fact, as I know French and basic Spanish, plus I've been to all 3 countries (German native speaker btw, haha, in your face).

You can really scratch Italian, as no one speaks it but Italians, who happen to be quite good in English (and even better in German). Learn French if you ever intend to go to France, like romantic faggotry and Alizee songs. Also, the French will mock you for the slightest mistake you make when speaking French, so you'll always feel bad rather than good for knowing French.

The obvious choice here is Spanish. Learn something worthwhile that is actually spoken in more than 1 country and by a much bigger population.
>> Anonymous
easy choice, spanish is more valuable than all those including german

french gets you france, part of belgium, a couple islands, a chunk of canada, and a few parts of africa

german gets you austria, and germany, but in both countries they have dialects so unless you learn one you probably can't use it much anyway. I'm not including swiss german because unless you learn that you won't understand them.

spanish gets you spain, almost all of south america, a few islands, and parts of the us

italian gets you italy and part of switzerland
>> Anonymous
>>77863
You forgot the German speaking region of Belgium, Lichtenstein, parts of Italy, as well as some German speakers in Poland, Russia, and Hungary that are still hanging around. Plus, German is an international business language as well as Germany being in G8.
>> Anonymous
>>77864
oops my bad you're right

also some countries are required to study it (or at least were) sweden being one, I had a sweden friend who said he hated that garbage language same story from a hungarian friend
>> Anonymous
>>77864
Also, Luxembourg and France. Germany's a big deal in the EU
>> Anonymous
>>77860
Exactly. Compare Francophonie, Hispanophone, and the number of countries that speak Italian and see which contains more.

ITT: completely uninformed posters.
>> sage
>>77863
>>spanish gets you spain, almost all of south america, a few islands, and parts of the us

Forgetting Mexico?
>> Anonymous
OP back

Thanks for the input folks. Glad no one said Italian... I was pissed that was even an option.

I've avoided Spanish like the plague for the last 6 years (which is why I took Latin), but it looks like I'll just have to suck it up. Maybe there will be another day where I can finally learn a language I can give a shit about...
>> Anonymous
If you are American, Spanish is the best choice for you. French is second in line, it will help you getting around in Europe.
>> Anonymous
Spanish pronunciation shouldn't be too hard, since you've got a background in Latin. Apparently it's the second closest to Latin in pronunciation and structure, behind Italian. Trust me, Spanish is a great language.
>> Anonymous
>>77986
>it's the second closest to Latin in pronunciation and structure, behind Romanian

Fix'd