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Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013) by defen on Saturday November 28, 2015 @12:31PM (#10641687)
> English, Swedish, Finnish, Japanese, and German

Just curious, in what order did you learn them? That's a pretty diverse set.

Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013) by nordify on Saturday November 28, 2015 @03:29PM (#10642298)
Based on the language list metafunctor is Finnish, so the only language standing out is Japanese. Finnish and Swedish are first and second languages (or vice versa). English and German are typical third and fourth school languages and Japanese is most likely something picked up in college.

Metafunctor: how did I do? :)

Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013) by metafunctor on Sunday December 06, 2015 @07:00AM (#10685038)
Spot on – looks like you're intimately familiar with the Finnish school system yourself. Are you Finnish?
Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013) by metafunctor on Sunday December 06, 2015 @07:02AM (#10685041)
Finnish (mother tongue), English (almost pass of as a native speaker), Swedish (get by), German (basics), Japanese (basics). The last two I'm rapidly forgetting, though.