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David K. Israel
Lunchtime Quiz: Name That Language!
by David K. Israel - September 12, 2008 - 10:31 AM

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Anyone can pick out Spanish from French, or German from Italian. But what about Mandarin from Thai or Danish from Norwegian? Turn up those speakers and give our language stumper a whirl. Danke. Merci. Spasiba. Todah. Shukran. Gracias…

[Soundbites courtesy of Minnesota State University's Web site]

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  1. i really thought #9 was arabic because with my limited knowledge of the language, i hear “marhaban” and was excited because i recognized it… darn.

    posted by kelly on 9-12-2008 at 1:51 pm

  2. 80% damn it!

    posted by Amanda H. on 9-12-2008 at 2:51 pm

  3. whoa. 60% – i didn’t think i’d do that good. i like hearing voice #4 talk.

    posted by sb22 on 9-12-2008 at 7:33 pm

  4. Wow, 70% :D. I thought #6 was a toughie. Some of them were just guesstimations and I recognized #10 so well because I’ve been watching Korean reality TV (with English subs), LoL.

    re Captcha: Waldorf Astoria voter o_O

    posted by Lisa on 9-13-2008 at 12:47 pm

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