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languages you would have liked to learn at school but were blocked

Discussion in 'TalkCeltic Pub' started by Drakhan, Jun 29, 2015.

Discuss languages you would have liked to learn at school but were blocked in the TalkCeltic Pub area at TalkCeltic.net.

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  1. Drakhan Nac Mac Feegle Gold Member

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    I wanted to learn German and also Irish and Scots Gaelic but was blocked from doing so.
    Although German was on the curriculum the Headmaster at my High School refused to allow it to be taught.
    Only allowed French and Spanish.
    As for the others, it's a shame but they were never on the syllabus.
     
    Drakhan, Jun 29, 2015
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  2. McChiellini..

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    English..
     
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  3. Raoul Duke

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    Dutch. Trying to learn it just now.
     
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  4. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    Gaelic.
     
    PaulM1888, Jun 29, 2015
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  5. Sonny Crockett

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    Latin
     
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  6. Wicker Bhoy

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    Jamaican Street Slang. Wagwan
     
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  7. Mr. Slippyfist

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    Secret woman language that only women know.....
     
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  8. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Swahili.
     
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  9. mls1

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    New Zanzibarian
     
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  10. Derrybhoy1

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    I wrote down Irish and Spanish and was given Irish and French, dropped French in 3rd year when you had to drop some classes for GCSE, * hated it.
     
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  11. TESLA Gold Member Gold Member

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    Spanish most definatley and they only started teaching it after I left.
     
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  12. Drakhan Nac Mac Feegle Gold Member

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    Wanted German but had to do French.
    Got A's all through High School from 1st to 3rd year but didn't sit the exam in 4th year.
     
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  13. doctor venglos

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    Probably Scotch Gaelic and Dutch as I used to go with burds from the Hebrides and Amsterdam, and I would have loved to have whispered sweet nothings in the ears in their own languages, when I was winching them. :icon_mrgreen:
     
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  14. Saul Goodman Gold Member Gold Member

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    Wasn't blocked from me but I wish I was thought the Irish language in a way that didn't make me detest it.

    Loved Spanish by the end of school and wouldn't mind picking it up again and becoming fluent eventually.
     
    Saul Goodman, Jun 29, 2015
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  15. TESLA Gold Member Gold Member

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    Irish teacher in 5th and 6th year was the only teacher ive ever told to go * themselves, irish is taught obviously completely wrong if the majority of people can learn it for 10-13 years and not be able to string a sentence (me included)
     
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  16. Vertie Auld

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    I wasn't blocked from doing any. I did French, German, Spanish, Latin and Hungarian (extra-curricular). My French teacher was going to take a Russian class in sixth year for me but I moved school.

    I'd have liked to have done one or two of the following:

    Greek
    Catalan
    Serbian and Croatian
    Norwegian, Danish or Swedish
    Dutch
    Arabic
    Farsi
    Scottish or Irish
     
    Vertie Auld, Jun 29, 2015
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  17. .L.

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    I have achieved your hopes and dreams.



    I wanted to learn Gaelic.
     
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  18. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    I expect all to speak English :rolleyes:
     
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  19. Tim-Time 1888 Always look on the bright side of Life Gold Member

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    What school did you attend ?
     
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  20. Vertie Auld

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    Wellington School in Ayr, then Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow.
     
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