You are 'French'. In the nineteenth century, it
was the international language of diplomacy.
It is a 'beautiful' language, meaning that it
is really just a low-fidelity copy of Latin.
You know the importance of communicating
'diplomatically', which for you means both
being polite and friendly when necessary and
using sophisticated, vicious sarcasm when
appropriate. Your life is guided by either
existentialism or nihilism, depending on the
weather. You have a certain appreciation for
the finer things in life, which is a diplomatic
way of saying that you are a disgusting
hedonist. Your problem is that French has been
obsolete for a long time.
What obsolete skill are you?
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This is why I try to stay away from these quizzes, because I am not the fucking FRENCH LANGUAGE. I couldn't even pass French in high school, and the teacher had to fudge me through on the promise that I wouldn't never attempt to take another French class anywhere. I'm not joking.
Though, of course, French is pretty. I like French bread, French movies, French clothes, French Bush-hating, and my name is French. Go France. Go Quebec. Just DON'T MAKE ME 'LEARN' FRENCH OH GOD OH GOD I WOULD RATHER DIE.
Italian, on the other hand, ti voglio bene tutti i giorni, volentieri. And yes, I had to look that up.
Edit: It just occurred to me that I like French BOYS, too. French Canadian boys, anyway. I don't really know any French boys from France. Not at all. That makes me sad. Should I be talking about 'men' here? Not boys? But 'men' still seems creepy to me in some contexts. Especially, somehow, 'French men'. Especially in all caps. So I'll leave it. Though it does make me sound like a pedophile.
And I don't want that.
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You are 'Gregg shorthand'. Originally designed to enable people to write faster, it is also very useful for writing things which one does not want other people to read, inasmuch as almost no one knows shorthand any more.
You know how important it is to do things efficiently and on time. You also value your privacy, and (unlike some people) you do not pretend to be friends with just everyone; that would be ridiculous. When you do make friends, you take them seriously, and faithfully keep what they confide in you to yourself. Unfortunately, the work which you do (which is very important, of course) sometimes keeps you away from social activities, and you are often lonely. Your problem is that Gregg shorthand has been obsolete for a long time.
You are 'regularly metric verse'. This can take many forms, including heroic couplets, blank verse, and other iambic pentameters, for example. It has not been used much since the nineteenth century; modern poets tend to prefer rhyme without meter, or even poetry with neither rhyme nor meter.
You appreciate the beautiful things in life--the joy of music, the color of leaves falling, the rhythm of a heartbeat. You see life itself as a series of little poems. The result (or is it the cause?) is that you are pensive and often melancholy. You enjoy the company of other people, but they find you unexcitable and depressing. Your problem is that regularly metric verse has been obsolete for a long time.
It so has not! And I'm so jealous that you get to be RMV.
You are 'growing one's own food'.
You are guided by two words: 'Live simply.' You value quality over quantity in most things, and you have little use for the materialism and consumerism of modern culture. You know the value of hard work and try to be self-sufficient as much as possible, and what you do you do well. Unfortunately, no man is an island, and you cannot do everything yourself. Your puritanical work ethic makes makes people think that you are weird, and not much fun. Your problem is that growing one's own food has been obsolete for a long time.
I am also "growing one's own food," which I argue is not useless or obsolete.
How obsolete is French, anyway? Really.
No no, they'er definetly french boys.
Calling them french men seems... wrong somehow.
French boys are quite nice, but then again so are quebecois. Got nothing to complain aobut...
Glad to hear it.
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