La Chaîne Info
A quick note to folks in France that I will be on La Chaîne Info - its a French news channel a bit like CNN.

Updating this post with a group photo taken on the evening of the filming.
Here we have Nobi Hayashi (consultant for all the big IT firms in Japan), Guillaume Delalande (LCI Journalist), Mr Camera Man (forgot his business card), Cedric Ingrand (LCI), Paul Papadimitriou (Social Media Expert/Consultant), Steve Nagata (Social Media Expert/Consultant).

Was interviewed on the Otaku subculture topic, dannychoo.com and what my company does. I usually talk about the same topic at conferences (and will do so again at Singapore this year) but always make sure that I talk about different aspects while conveying the same message.
BTW, I know it looks like I has dolphin in hand but its actually the mic unit ^^;

Going to be broadcasted in a few weeks time - will let you know when a recording is up - thanks to Paul Papadimitriou for setting us up.
Speaking of French, how many of you speak the language? My French teacher taught us Spanish as a second language back in the UK during secondary school - was quite good at it but all I remember now is the most useful phrase of "Una lata de sardinas."
My current spoken languages are English, Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Chinese and listening comprehension of Shanghainese and Hokkien.
How many languages do you speak and what are they?
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IT dude, Gamer
http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/zyn
I know a bit of Cantonese, bit of French, English and learning Japanese.
CompE student who likes to draw mechs
http://plasmahawk.com
Cantonese! I am always excited to know other Cantonese speakers, maybe because I never get to speak much of it.
I only know Cantonese and English. Relearning Mandarin before I get serious with Japanese and Korean.
http://moemoekyun.wordpress.com
amazing danny you know 7 languages O_o
Otaku Student
http://www.kuji-an.com/
i'm fluent in dutch and english, and still learning french, german and spanish in school. will be learning japanese, korean and chinese after that :3
*aims to be a translator*
Techno Geek would be Jedi Knight
Fluent in English and Italian, can read a bit of french and spanish and currently learning Japanese
apprentice otaku, collector of figures, sometimes sysadmin ^_^
http://www.giusepped.com
Melandir, my heartfelt congratulations! :)
COMPENG/SWENG Student
http://ryan2006.deviantart.com
I wish my high school taught Japanese or Chinese (neighboring school offered it, though :()... Granted I knew enough Japanese that I was able to get by in Japan; I just wish I knew more and could actually dedicate some time to teaching myself.
It kind of sucks being in the U.S., since you really only need English, unlike Europe were its not too uncommon to know two or more languages.
COMPENG/SWENG Student
http://ryan2006.deviantart.com
I unfortunately took Latin as my language in high school... three years of it.
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
"If you listen closely, you'll hear my dolphin squeal"
Know English, Cantonese, bit of Japanese, and how to talk to animals.
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
OH U
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
LMAO!
unemployed
http://finehart.com/
Just like Dr. Doolittle, lol.
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
ok wait... now that i think about it, do dialects count???
English, Chinese(Canto), Chinese(Sekei), Japanese, Indonesian(VERY slow listening only)
Tiny bits of German, Italian and French - For classical music world, piano, operas, etc
Student!
http://zh3us.wordpress.com/
i know English, Chinese, a little Japanese (JLPT 04), a lil hokkien+cantonese (well, u classify this as chinese do you?). ^^;
http://twitter.com/d4rkie
Native Russian and Romanian, fluent in English, Ukrainian, I know some spanish, french, portuguese. now learning japanese :3
University Student
I can speak three languages fluently: English; Chinese; and Hokkien, even though Hokkien is actually a dialect of Chinese. I had learnt a year of French, and a little bit of Korean, and am currently learning Japanese.
Part-time God, Full-time Dog
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
lol cute dolphin :D
i speak english and chinese only:(
Student
http://elblogdelredox.blogspot.com
In Japan there are "latas de sardinas"? Hehehe
I know Catalan, Spanish, English and now learning Japanese too ^^
writer/blogger/gamer/otaku
http://popgoespj.blogspot.com
I speak English and Filipino fluently; know a smattering of colloquial Japanese; learned tourist-level Italian, Spanish and Korean at school.
thousand master II, Internet Learner, Auto didacta
http://pipopaz.wordpress.com/
I'm fluent in English and Spanish, Spanish being my first language. Would say i'm about 50% in French and currently learning Japanese (moderate-advanced), haven't thought which language to learn next, I love learning new languages ^^
Student (University)
:D
I know English, Korean, and Spanish. I would like to learn Japanese, but I don't have the time right now, which sucks.
http://phantomclf.blogspot.com
Am able to converse in English, Chinese Mandarin, Cantonese & Malay. Able to understand conversations in Hokkien & Teocheow but can't really speak it.
Currently studying Japanese, towards JLPT level 2. :)
http://www.stefkov.com/
I think I speak fluent English. It is my first language and all. I wouldn't say I can speak it but I know a little bit of Ukrainian. I'm learning Japanese so hopefully I become fluent.
Nendo Exhibitionist
http://www.kodomut.com
Sign language considered? Had a short stint learning it.
Student
I know Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Malay and English. Always wanted to learn Japanese n Korean but too lazy to go for it ~.~
Student, ACG Fans
http://modvisc.blogspot.com
wow, u know a lot of language.
currently i know Chinese, Cantonese, English, Malay and learning Japanese.
Engineer-wannabe
http://sora-k.deviantart.com/
Japanese,a bit of English,Malay,and Indonesian
Engineer by weekdays, Hikki by weekends
http://ejump.wordpress.com/
English, Malay and used to speak/read Arabic at acceptable level.
Since my Arabic has rusted so badly, I dont see myself with Japanese anytime soon
Managing Director of Yukkuri Sdn. Bhd.
http://maskawaih.com
Aha e-jump. I am kinda fluent with English, Malay (of course Indonesian too) and Javanese. Took Arabic and German language courses before. Learning Japanese a little bit. Mostly I just want to read manga. I think I could understand about 50% of anime raws.
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
While I converse in English, Chinese, Cantonese, Bahasa Malaysia, Hokkien & still learning Japanese.
Medical School Student
i'm fluent in Indonesian & English, and still need to practice more on my Japanese
Haha, am I the only French around here? :P So, yeah, I speak French, English, a bit of Japanese (still learning)... and does Creole count? lol
And so, Danny Choo on LCI... :D
Sales rep
Wow Danny , let us know when it's airing , i'll make sure everybody over here is watching .
France is the second biggest market about anime and manga , we have a very strong otaku community .
Personally i speak french, portuguese, english and italian fluently and i'm learning japanese.
apprentice otaku, collector of figures, sometimes sysadmin ^_^
http://www.giusepped.com
you're in France ahead of us Italians! also in distribution! I saw beautiful things, like boxes, the dwarf-shaped package 7stars of Nana Anime by Ai Yazawa! *_*
Sales rep
Yes but i heard People in italy love Anime too , you know , when i was in tokyo in august i saw a tv show with 4 italians Guys teaching l'italiano to the japanese viewers . io palrlo italiano ma ho dimenticato molte parole, io non parlo spesso quindi é molto dificile me ricordere tutto quando parlo ....
Student
http://volzel.net/
I can converse in English, Chinese and Malay. Due to lack of usage, my Chinese writing and reading is getting weak.
As for the Chinese dialects, I can understand some of them but I don't speak any of them.
Finance
Oh! i speak french, spanish and english!
Programmer
http://xnnc.wordpress.com
Yeahhh !! Danny !! Great :)
Non CyBird tu n'es pas seul ;)
I know French (of course)and English, a bit Deutsch an still learning japanese, so I voted for only 2 languages.
Otaku Graphic Designer
http://neoprolacus.spaces.live.com
Let's see... Born a Hokkien, forced to learn 3 primary languages including Chinese, Malay and English, catch up with Cantonese for watching too much dramas during childhood... Now speak some Japanese thru self learning... 0_0
Otari Vader, Sith Lord for Hire, will fillet Makoto Itou for free
http://coffeebugg.blogspot.com/
Wow.. You never fail to surprise us, Danny, fluent in 3 languages and 4 Chinese dialects.
System Administrator
Ettoooo... Italian, a little bit of english and french.
ops ...watashi wa nihongo no gakusei desu ! :-P
pixels & photography
http://www.studiosushi.com
lol Danny, I was wondering WTF a french Facebook status was doin' in your feed ^^
So, I'm french, I know French and English and I'm learnin' Japanese. A bientôt sur Tokyo, ou Paris ! o/
Student
Wow, quite a few languages, very impressive. And finally got a different firefox shirt lol.
student graphic desing
http://animonsterjp.blogspot.com/
And looks better I want a shirt like that (0' -')b
Student/Blogger
http://asuka.0fees.net/
Learning French at school at the moment. A very hard language for me to learn ^^"
animetard and a writer
http://kluxorious.blogspot.com/
I can only speak 2, unfortunately.
Student
Slovenian and Italian as mother tongues, English and Japanese at a good level and Korean as a beginner/lower intermediate level xD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aseps/
i speak portuguese (Brazil), japanese (current learning) and english (never used in a conversation really...)
CG Artist wannabe / Figure Collector / Deadman
http://uselessthoughts.net/journal/
Una lata de sardinas - First can of sardines???
anyway, I can speak and understand Hokkien, mandarin, tagalog, english, a bit of nihonggo, bit of spanish. want to learn french and german. korean's not bad too.
website/graphic designer and karaoke amateur~
http://www.furudango.com
A tin of sardines to be precise ;3
CG Artist wannabe / Figure Collector / Deadman
http://uselessthoughts.net/journal/
Oh.. hahah thanks for correction.
Web Designer
http://insennity.com/
Speak mostly Mandarin and English (well, it's more like English with local slang), able to converse in Malay and Cantonese. Understand Hakka and a lil Hokkien. Currently self learning Japanese. Is CSS counted?
Apprentice
I Speak 3 languages: Bad German, bad Japanese and bad English. English being my native tongue ^_^
studying comp studies, planning to look for part time job
http://bruneian-otaku.blogspot.com
I accidentally clicked three.. well nevermind about that.
Language? Malay, Kedayan (a bit), English, Tagalog (a bit, since my current lecturer is a Filipino so I learn from him) and lastly Japanese, currently studying it from zero. Got no time to learn the hiraganas since I'm not a neet anymore, sometimes I forgot about to study it too ^^;
website/graphic designer and karaoke amateur~
http://www.furudango.com
Speak spanish and english, have a limited vocabulary in spanish but had almost no trouble expressing myself when I went to Chile earlier this year. I arrived in Australia when I was 2 years old so I'm actually surprised by how well I can understand and speak the language, can't write it very well though ^^;;
Can also understand portuguese fairly well [if spoken slowly], and little bits of french [learnt at school about 10 years ago lol] and less of italian.
I can also sing in japanese, but I can't hold a conversation lol~
Student
http://foxkey.blog126.fc2.com/
Speaking languages is one thing.. being good at them is another ^^ Well in English, enough to live in Mandarin, Japanese still learning but hope to be fluent soon and a little bit of Hokkien. Although I can understand more than I can say. Also look forward to any interview with Danny in it!
Otaku ^^
Chinese? I think it is Mandarin, the official language Chinese people around the world speaks.
I fluent in English and Malay, speaks in Chinese (Hokkien and a bit of Mandarin) and listen to Chinese (Cantonese and Hakka).
d@@b
Office Mover
I know English and Cantonese fluently, some Mandarin, and currently learning Japanese and Korean
Viewfinder
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harem/
hmm.. lets see.. Mandarin, English, Hokkien, Bahasa and singlish XD
Student / Free Thinker / Otaku
http://www.google.com/profiles/SeanSigloch
I sadly can only speak one language... English. I'm going to start learning Spanish soon, half my family can only speak Spanish, then I'll move on to German & Japanese. With any luck I'll be able to learn more then just 3, but at the moment those are the ones I'm focusing on. (^_^)
I can speak Dutch, English and Cantonese.
Native language Spanish, fluent in English and currently learning Japanese.
unemployed machinist.. yeah
Ya know you should've really put the ooption of.. Less then one.
But, honestly I speak two languages.. English, and bad english.. I'm not to good with the first one though ^^;
apprentice otaku, collector of figures, sometimes sysadmin ^_^
http://www.giusepped.com
I'm italian, and known this, but a bit of english I speack!
how do you know all those languages Danny? ^_^"
http://animaticfigmation.com/
I voted one language, because that's all I really speak fluently. However, I do understand French and Japanese to an extent and can speak them both a bit, but I don't use them frequently so it doesn't really count.
IE
http://otakujanai.org
wow, it must take you a lot of time learning all of those languages =O
right now Im only fluent in spanish, english, and learning japanese and korean =)
大学生
http://naitonojikan.blogspot.com/
I speak 2 languages, Engrish and some Japanese (still learning). ^^
Student
http://chappypyon.wordpress.com/
Can speak Mandarin, English, Cantonese, Hokkien and a bit of Japanese.
MI Manager, Blogger and Newswriter
http://cutkillavince.com/
Cool, I will watch it then ^^
MI Manager, Blogger and Newswriter
http://cutkillavince.com/
By the way, they mention you Danny in this article ^^
http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/high-tech/0,,4831731,00-donner-son-sang-comme-dans-star-trek-.html
Game Design apprentice
http://toratohora.blogspot.com/
Chinese
English
Malaysia Language
Cantonese
Taiwanese
Japanese (Improving)
Java, C#
Slave
Spoken languages -
Proper English
Redneck
Ebonics
Hillbilly
Listening comprehension -
Creole
University Student
Hungarian, English, German and learning Japanese.^^
I know french, teochew and english
i can understand spanish but no way can i speak ...
Gotta watch LCI, it's going to be fun :))))))))))))
Young Grasshopper
http://miragestrike.blogspot.com
Hmm.. I remember taking this exact some poll from one of your earlier posts. ^^'
I can speak English,Cantonese,Basic Hokkien,almost non-existant Spanish, and advanced Moonspeak.
I'm currently learning Mandarin and Japanese.
Student, Software Engineer in the Making!!!
http://miettechan.wordpress.com/
I can fluently speak and write in English and Spanish. I should really put more effort into Japanese.
student
native French, Portugese
fluent English, Spanish
japanese JLPT4
Grad Student
I speak English and Japanese (but my Japanese is very out of practice, so a bit of a delay if I need to use it). I can read the Hebrew aleph-bet, but I have no idea what I am saying (my family is Jewish, so I learned just enough to make them stop nagging me until I was old enough to change to Buddhism). I also know random words from Spanish, Italian, Russian, Latin and French, and I can sometimes fake Latin based words it I know the Latin one.
NEET
http://austrianotaku.com/
Lol @ the dolphin,ährm I mean mic ^_^
I'm speaking only two languages: German is my native tongue (which is good for nearly nothing) and English.
Software Developer / Space Marine
English is my first language.
Very good at Afrikaans(basically a mixture of Dutch and German), which is only spoken in my country. Wish they'd taught us something useful at school, Spanish would have been nice. Going to learn Japanese though, will do it properly, with a teacher and everything.
Akiba Community Founder
http://www.akiba.md
I speak Romanian, Russian, English fluently, German at an intermediate level and currently studying Japanese, so that makes 4 (and a half XD)
Auditor Junior
Wow Danny i wish you loads of success in future. though i am an auditor i would like to work in anime or game industry later on in accounts or internal audit. a little close to things i like. learning a little from you. Best of luck and wish me luck . i am gonna work hard
Web Dev. Major
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=688590602
I speak English and a mid-level speaking range of Spanish. I can hold conversation, but there's still some stuff I don't quite get yet there ^^;
Also, I'm a 2nd year college Japanese student at my college, but I've only taken a semester of kanji classes, so I'm a bit rusty on my reading. Speaking is alright, but listening comprehension is much better, heh, I still get flustered when trying to hold a conversation in Japanese.
unemployed
http://finehart.com/
Here in the US it's english, but they seem to want you to learn Spanish as a second language. Even on alot of job apps. it's said that it's a bonus if you do. Not for me, though. When I was in 6th grade they taught us French, all I remember is my name, counting, and the alphabet, and I know hoh to sing the the song Dominique, from the movie, with Debbie Reynolds, from along time ago. Am trying to learn Japanese so that if I ever make it to Japan, I'll be able to understand what's going on.
Laptop Tech
English, a smattering of Japanese from watching my anime subtitled, and fluent in profanity which comes from working on computers all day. :)
trainee at German Telekom
http://grew.themania.org/
German (Mother language), English an Arabic (Egypt).
The last one because I'm half Egyptain. And only talking.
Minor
I speak english, can just say random japanese phrases I wrote in my notebook ^^;, and some French.
professional troll
http://myanimelist.net/profile/adeillwing
i only know English, some German, and some Japaneses.
Student in Internet-based Systems
Nice, Danny! Always had the feeling that the French are more open for other pop cultures. (Too) Much Germans are still narrow-minded and see Otaku culture as kids' stuff or for perverted. :/ (Don't search for any logical connection between the two groups!)
However, German is my mother language and I'm rather advanced in English. That's it. From Wednesday on I start a Swedish lecture at university and I'm still motivated to do the JLPT 3 in hopefully not so distant future.
Japanology Student/Jedi Knight
I speak Bahasa Indonesia, English and German fluently. I have also learned French and currently I'm studying Japanology at the university.
Eroge blogger
http://omochikaeri.wordpress.com/
English, Cantonese and enough Japanese to get by. I should know French, as I'm in Canada, but I don't really.
Student
I speak English and French (although I must admit I'm still better at understanding/reading it than speaking/writing it). And I'm learning Japanese, but I didn't count that, since I still don't know very much...
NEET
You made me laugh a lot with "una lata de sardinas" xD!
Hey Danny, I didn't know you spoke all those languages, your skills are surprising!
I speak Spanish and English, I'm still trying hard on learning Japanese. Also French was a subject at school but I've forgotten almost everything! And since Portuguese and Spanish are very similar I'm able to understand it.
Wage Slave
English as a first language. I can get by in French and German and understand more Japanese than I can speak (I can recognise things if I hear them but not remember them on demand).
Student and full-time otaku
Nice. Now in France, soon on Dutch tv too Danny?
I speak Dutch (duh), English, German and a bit of Japanese after one year at uni last year. But alas, now that I've stopped doing it on a daily basis the JP is going down fast and I should really brush up on my German T-T
Computer Engineer (in learning process)
I speak Spanish, Catalan and English. Hope to learn some more languages in the future.
Do the programming languajes count? =]
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
http://puppy52art.com/
Mainly English, Mandarin learning to listen to Cantonese and bits and bobs of Japanese ^^; I used to understand some Hokkien but sux at speaking ^^;
Art/Media
http://sgallen.wordpress.com/
I only know two languages. English and Cantonese, though Cantonese is only speaking & Listening.
Would love to learn Japanese ^^ I've stopped for some time now due to work. :)
Student
thats so cool how many languages u know danny right now
I know french, english and spanish pretty good at them and learning Japanese
french and japanese encompass my major so im especially happy with both languages with a minor in linguistics hoping that will let me learn more languages as i move on through life
Wearing a NEET Touhou shirt at work to be contradictive
I excel in English, can hold a full conversation in French, and have been trying to learn Japanese with just Anime and a Japanese-English dictionnary.
However, I can only read English.
High school student
http://www.animeraku.com
Hard to say how many languages I can actually speak. Well, I speak Czech (first langauge) and English. Then, I could join a conversation in Japanese as far as it's not too complicated. Let's say I'm a bit below the JLPT 2 level. I could probably somewhat get by in French (ask where is the station, how much it costs, etc.). And I used to study Spanish at elementary school, but as I have not used it since then, I couldn't make any sentence more difficult than "Como estas?; Dónde está la estación?; Me gusta los pasteles".
And does Slovak count? Though, I can't say I can speak it. But as it's very similar to Czech, I can understand it without any difficulties.
Mecha Student
I can speak German, English and Arabic; I know how to translate Latin (because you never learn to speak it) and I am currently learning Japanese.
Technician
Yet another french here. I speak French, managed to get on my own for 3 months in England, so good enough in English to get get by, and right now trying to see if I'm motivated enough to add japanese to the list.
And I'm waiting for your interview, if only to see how much the interpret will managed to lose in the translation. And yes, translation for the news are generally THAT bad in France, at least in my own opinion.
Student
I've got English and German down pretty well. Then I have so-so French. (1 year of spanish 3 years ago and I can understand bits and pieces still!) (^_^)
Let's see, fluent with English and Spanish, only know conversational Tagalog and Kapampangan, still learning Japanese (301) and started Korean. If only you could count C++ CSS and HTML lol.
oh and the part I love about learning a language is you take in the culture at the same time.
Student, part-time slave
http://yakuri.wordpress.com/
I know Spanish, English and dabble on Korean and Japanese, but nothing so great I can speak or understand it fluently, unfortunately.
Student
My native language is French and I'm pretty fluent in English. I really to learn more in the future like Spanish, German or Japanese.
三年せいとオタク
I speak English, Spanish and French and a working on Japanese and hoping for Korean too.
Poet (not)
Looks like you're demonstrating the latest Tenga in the first pic ^^;
My languages (in order of fluency):
Malay
English
Japanese
Arabic
Can understand some Cantonese, but can't really speak it.
大学生
http://srseffort.blogspot.com/
Fluent in English only, speak Chinglish (Mandarin+English lol), can use Cantonese to order food :D and learning Japanese.
software manager
http://wawawawasuremono.com
hmmm... 2.5 for me? ^^;; english and japanese... used to be pretty good at spanish but now whenever i try speaking it japanese comes out instead ^^;;;
Anime Store Owner, artist, Web master
http://www.chucksanimeshrine.com
7 languages? I'm only good in English with some knowledge of Spanish..and of course Japanese.
College Student , butts kicker
http://k2-darky.blogspot.com/
i'm good at English, Arabic , some german and some japanese ..and 2 or 3 Indian words
College Student , butts kicker
http://k2-darky.blogspot.com/
and LOL & internet Language ;)....btw still learning jap
Industrial engineer
http://inotas.blogspot.com
mic? dolphin?
looks like a vibrator =P
the languages I know well are English and Spanish (native), but my eigo isn't reliable =(
other languages I know but forgetting by lack of use are, german and portuguese. Aber ich kann ein bisschen schreiben. (eu acho bem)
^-^ but definitely it didn't help me getting a job. =/
Student
http://cream77.deviantart.com/
Only 2.English ans Spanish.Its good to know Spanish where I live.
JR. College Student
http://npc.talkingincircles.net/
Only one, I took french twice in high school and failed it both times. It may have had something to do with me watching anime instead of doing homework, and listening to Japanese music when I finally did get around to doing it.
I'll hopefully be taking Japanese next semester at my college.
Student
I am only fluent in English, but I am studying Japanese and will not stop until I can pass the JLPT.
Web Developper
I'm french and i look sometimes this show ^o^
I look forward to see this interview =D
Student
My languages are English, Mandarin Chinese and Hakka (dialect of sorts).
Student
I can only speak French and English :x
I'm learning German at school right now, but don't understand a single thing :p
I hope I'll be able to speak as many languages as you O.o
Multimedia Technology Student
http://thehappyninjadrawn.wordpress.com
I can only speak English at the moment and I understand a little bit of Thai, but I'm planning on learning Japanese next year. I started learning Chinese in my first year of Uni, but I ended dropping out of the subject half way through the second year because I was finding it hard to keep up due to all my other assignments and stuff.
Full-time geek/Part-time student/Part-time musician
http://randomgeekness.livejournal.com/
Me speaks Spanish,English and listening comprehension of Portuguese (Hope I can learn full Portuguese,Japanese and maybe Korean and German).
Scientist, unemployed.
http://fmphoenixhawk.livejournal.com
Two years of Spanish in high school, a semester of Japanese in college and darned if I don't remember any of it. Well, I remember a bit of the Spanish, French from elementary school and Japanese, but that's about it.
I feel bad because two of my cousins are language teachers. And I'm the one who apparently turned the one on to teaching Spanish... Sigh..
Full time Otaku part time kyouyu
I just want to say that I LOVE that black t-shirt. I'm a t-shirt person so I have a soft spot for cool t-shirt.
Language wise...I speak fluent english & tagalog and a smudge of Spanish & Japanese.
student
http://www.gunpla-inochi.com
I am fluent in Cantonese and English. Currently learning Japanese. Even though I am Chinese, I actually know more (read/write/listen) Japanese than I do with Mandarin ^^;.
Time Traveller/High School Student
http://thetsundere.wordpress.com/
Fluent in English, know some french, tiny bit of Spanish, already know a bit of Japanese but will start learning it once finished high school. Also hope to study Swedish some day as I have a Swedish background.
NEET
That sounds great. The Swedish grammar is really tough, so that's probably the biggest challenge. I think you will learn it in no time if you study hard.
I speak Swedish, English and Japanese (JLPT 4).
CEO of clock work inc, lazy, immortal
I speak english and Spanish! i wanna learn Italian or Japanenese
Undergraduate
http://enrius.wordpress.com
Fluent in Chinese, English and Malay.... Currently learning Japanese (JLPT 3)... A bit of listening comprehension of Cantonese and Hokkien...
http://xcomprandomness.co.uk/
Good to see your language skills from your Oriental Honours Degree hasn't gone rusty yet, DC.
Fluent in both spoken and written English, Cantonese and Japanese here. Can't really find the motivation to learn any other languages although I should really pick up Mandarin at least...
NEET
http://tangerinetango.wordpress.com/
English, Filipino and some Hokkien. Still trying to learn Japanese. ><;
student
good reading/writing romanian,english,german
not so good : japanese,french (studying these atm)
???Confused???
English and Chinese (Mostly fluent Cantonese, and some Mandarin)...learned Spanish in High School, but was never that good at it...still want to learn the Japanese language...
Postgrad student
Heeey is this a place to boast my language credentials?
I'm fluent in English, German and French, thanks to my parents and living in France for some time.
I've been studying Japanese for 3 years and am now staying in Japan for another year to learn some more.
To be fair, I'd say that counts as 3.5 languages, eh?
IT Business Analyst + Test Analyst + Undergrad Uni Student
http://www.crepuscular.asia
good to see you trying to learn one of the most ancient language, and second hardest, if not hardest dialect of China ;)
i dont know why people say it's hard, maybe because i grew up listening to it >.>
but should be easy for you, because i find it's not differ a lot to the point of uncompromisable from cantonese... all my relatives from hk are able to speak at least a little or fluent hokkien ;)
my parents, uncles, aunties and grandparents all speaks hokkien (different varieties though, amoy, zhangzhou, etc), but because the way i was brought up and the education I had while I was in China, I end up only able to understand everything, but only can speak a bit >_<
if you want to learn a variant of hokkien, maybe amoy... if you do visit the place in the future, you'll find a lot of japanese living there ;)
student
i am speak brazillian portuguese a little bit of japanese and learning english
CG artist
http://www.kapoueblog.com
Speack French, English, Spanish ( i understand more than i speack), learn Japonesse.
CompE student who likes to draw mechs
http://plasmahawk.com
I didn't know Danny Choo speaks Cantonese!
I only speak Canto and English, relearning Mandarin before I delve into Japanese and Korean.
Student
I speak English and Cantonese fluently. Learning Mandarin and Japanese also.
And nice pictures Danny, especially the one where your dolphin is interviewed.
Student
http://ivan05.deviantart.com/
Hard-core Ukrainian former citizen, so obviously Ukrainian, and English, I'm not a linguist though...
Student/Artist/Freelance Writer
Fluent in English and nearly fluent in Japanese. Knows a little french because of my grandparent being from there. Working on Korean. Planning on doing the JET program to Japan but might end up going to SK instead.
STUDent
English, Italian, German, and learning Japanese...I hope to learn 7 languages by the time I get out of collage.
Internet Communcations/Design Student
http://sorrowfulunfounded.com
Only speak 1 language at the moment, English. I'm learning Japanese, hope to eventually become fluent. I also want to learn French after Japanese. Once those two are accomplished, will probably choose another. I'm thinking its going to be difficult to maintain speaking/writing ability in the languages I don't get much use of once I do so though.
Exploring worlds and ways of thought
Bits and pieces of Japanese and Spanish. More or less enough to introduce myself and that I am OK or not OK. Water, to eat, basic stuff. But I will be learning more soon.
Student
Portuguese 100%, English 90%, Spanish 40%, Japanese 10% (currently learning)
Danny, you should be happy to know the most difficult languages ever (or at least know about hundreds and hundreds of chinese characters), I bet you can learn anything in a couple of months!
Congrats on the interview!
College Student, Computer Science Major
http://www.projectsaber.com
Hm, I know English, Cantonese, Spanish (starting to forget a lot of it now though), and very little Japanese?
So I'm assuming that the broadcast will have French subtitles? =P
Professional geek
http://www.npng.org/blog
Native French speaker and fluent English here. Currently working on my Japanese - living in Japan is definitely helping a lot. I studied German for 8 years at school, but I can now barely understand a simple conversation... seems that it's helping a lot to actually WANT to use the language. Also spent 5 years learning Latin, which was a very rewarding experience, especially to better understand the subtile nuances of French litterature (since I do love my native language very much).
Looking forward to seeing you on French TV, Danny !
Web programmer
http://www.micky2be.com
Danny Choo sur LCI ça promet ;)
浦の引き篭り
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3219/haruhimemew.gif
Spanish,日本語、Valencian (a Spanish dialect),English and a liiiiitle of French (from highschool days。。。)。
Able to speak normally: Mandarin, English, Cantonese
Speak not well: Japanese(not sure how was my lv), Hokkian, Malay...
Student
English, French, Spanish and quite a bit of Latin. I'm currently learning Japanese :D
i don't have many chance to use many language so...
i speak indonesian, listen(english,javanese,sundanese,japanese)
student
http://listlessink.wordpress.com/
English, Chinese, German, and weak weak Japanese. Enough to watch anime and play visual novels though. ^ ^
Student
I know 1 and a half languages :P English and a bit of Arabic and learning Japanese at the moment.
b.dev. + s.media
http://paulpapadimitriou.com
Thanks Danny for accepting the request ;-) We had a lot of fun.
As per languages go, I speak
Fluently:
English
French
Very good to good:
Greek
German
Spanish
Italian
Still learning:
Japanese ;-)
See you soon!
collector
http://www.mikiwank.hangar-mk.com
J'espère voir le reportage sur LCI prochainement. Un bon sujet sur ce thème c'est vraiment rare. Merci
2nd year Civil Engineering Student
http://soonkiong.blogspot.com
Fluent in English, Mandarin and Malay. Quite well in Hokkien, Hakka and Cantonese. Japanese is just OK, and some basic Korean. Both still learning in progress. :)
Reporter
Thanks a lot Danny for the great pics... Your interview will air, if all goes well, by the end of next week, I'll send you a link ASAP. The show we shot at CEATEC is already on the air and online at http://is.gd/4h2sN
Thanks for your time and input, glad we hooked up.
Cedric
University Student
I can speak in Greek and English,I am learning Japanese and in the past i knew French as well but i have 7 years to use them so i have almost completely forgotten them...
In the future i might learn some Chinese as well.
Programmer
http://nihongoninja.blogspot.com/
Cantonese, English, and Japanese
study
=P danny u dont speak french xD
study
french,Cantonese, English, and Japanese
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
Singlish lah and 华语 loh. ('~')
Accountant
http://genkimike.wordpress.com/
Only English...currently learning Japanese. I can pick out some words of Spanish from when I was required to take two years of it in school. I didn't take it very seriously though, just a hoop to jump through.
It's amazing how many people learn multiple languages! Here in the US, we don't because we simply don't need to.
Student
Living in Malaysia let me talk many language, I speak cantonese, mandrain, english, malay, little bit hokkien, little bit japanese.
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
French teacher teaching Spanish? "una lata de sardinas" being the the most useful phrase? Lol
I can speak in Spanish and English but I would like to learn to talk in French, Portuguese and Japanese too! Actually Im trying to learn Japanese for my own. ^^
Student (Hikki)... Lurker
http://rednekohat.blogspot.com/
I speak English, Chinese, Malay, Hokkien, Teowchew, Cantonese, few words of Japanese.
Hiki
http://myfigurecollection.net
O.o I will have to check this out!
I only speak French and a bit of Japanese. Read and write English, though!
Student
http://rockd.wordpress.com/
Wow you are able to understand 7 languages I'm impressed, Danny. ^^
I speak and write German and I think I am able to do the same in English quite fluently. English was the first foreign language taught in school. I was learning Latin but it was really boring and I'm happy to have my Latinum now. I started to learn Japanese but it is really hard for me to keep learning. But I definitely won't give up. ^^
I want to learn Korean in the future but I'm not quite sure of it.
Are you interested in German Danny?
Illustrator & Designer
http://www.knight-edge.com/
Bonjour, Danny & everyone! I'm actually holidaying in Paris right now with my waifu! Too bad this dannychoo interview / feature on French CNN isn't on until a few weeks time, we only here for a few days & then back to London.
I speak English & Cantonese.
Dental Technician, i make teeth!
http://antsizedman.blogspot.com/
Impressive array of languages, Choo-san.
Use to be able to speak German but a bit rusty these days, once ive got all the basics of Japenese going onto French, going to retire there in 40 years, long term goal.
Lazyman Extraordinaire
http://theeternalcube.blogspot.com/
I speak English and Spanish. I plan on learning Japanese eventually, too.
That Firefox shirt is super cool! I want one!
I speak Dutch, French and English.
Student, Otaku and Gamer.
http://kurayami.foroactivo.com.es/
My mother toungue is Spanish. But also i know english and learning japanese...it's not too hard when you try.
~Undine~
http://bluebluewave.wordpress.com
I speak Dutch, English, French, some German and am learning Japanese.
Would like to learn Spanish or Italian someday maybe. Russian interested me too but it's apparently even harder to master than Japanese.
Student
I speak Vietnamese and English fluently and I've taken 2years of Japanese.
Student
french and english !
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
I only speak 2 languages, but I did learn 2 other languages before; French & Japanese. I tend to mix French and Japanese when I try to speak in other languages XD
Student
http://johndiew0107.wordpress.com/
well I can speak, Chinese, Malay, English, Hok Chew, Cantonese
Can listen to Hokkien but barely speak it...
currently learning Japanese
freelance coder
http://www.aelena.com
Native Spanish, English, enough Italian to get by, some German and currently learning Chinese. I took one year of French but I was useless at it
Alchemist in training
Well , I speak English , and Malay and probably Singlish ( If that counts ^_^) .
Eager to learn Mandarin and Japanese . Cantonese is not very common here in Malaysia .
Student
Native french, good english, I think, and spanish... wel... I'm not at ease with this language :s
I'll watch your interview on TV if I can :)
Star Gazer
http://vixums.wordpress.com/
Danny, you look the happiest in that photo, it's so cute!!!
Starving writer
Fluent English and Chinese, with decent French.
Used to learn German, but gave up to concentrate fully on French. Now I'm just learning Japanese.
Wireless Consultant
Fluent English, intermediate German and learning Japanese
Student
I speak both English & Indonesian fluently. Currently learning Japanese, a little bit of Korean and Arabic :)
Student
http://mikumin.wordpress.com/
My only fluent language is English, but I took 4 years of Spanish during middle and high school and I'm currently attempting to teach myself Japanese.
http://at1987.com
Mine are Thai, English and Japanese. Although my father is Teochew, I can't speak or listen to Teochew dialect.
Dedicated and certified lunatic, Beer snob extraordinaire...
English (native), german (understand more that I speak, after being "out of country" for nearly 30 years, but working on it). Next, a basic understanding/rudimentary speaking of japanese.
Weekday Warrior
Fluent in English, Japanese and Korean(All business level).
Learned Spanish a long time ago, but forgot most of it(I'm trying to brush up on it).
We had to learn German in high school, but never got used to it.
Maybe I should have tried harder...
Currently interested in learning Russian.
neet/single parasite
tagalog my native language and english and trying to learn japanese!
College Student
My native language is bahasa indonesia and I also fluent in english.
http://buffsotakuworld.blogspot.com/
Well, my "main" language is English but I can read French (I used to be able to speak it fairly well) and I know a little Spanish...
Upcoming College Student and Otaku
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/Patches418?ref=profile
I know English(mother tongue ^_^), a very small bit of Japanese, and I took 4 years of German.
Insomniac
http://www.ermisv.com/
I speak Greek and English .
Student
http://shockerz.wordpress.com/
If you live in Malaysia like me you can automatically speak 4 languages such as English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese. I myself got an additional languages which is hakka that i use to communicate with my family members. So, a total of 5 languages I can speak.
I would like to learn Japanese soon :D
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I felt a great force