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Have you ever regretted learning a language? (lemm.ee)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I regret learning English all the time, sometimes it’s just a bad day to know how to read in general.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

In a way. In high school i took German to speak with my paternal grandmother in her native tongue, as she only spoke Pennsylvania-German until 4th grade. The difference between what I learned and what she knew was so different there was virtually no comprehension between us. Had i known this i would have continued my French studies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I didn't really learn more than like simple newspaper level, but Norwegian, because I did it for the wrong reasons, that I don't care about anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm on the edge about Latin.

It was fun and interesting, but I might have used those 6 years to learn Spanish or Italian instead

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

You might still get to name a beetle some day,who knows? It could come in handy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Never. I just never liked it being forced on me, as it was in school. I was relatively bad at some languages because I hated doing it in school