What languages do you speak?

[Nuytsia]

Hehehe Farseer , well I could try to help you, but ........ I knew what it was (maybe because I studied German at school? I actually don't remember WHERE I learned what 'gymnasium' means in Europe..... )
When I read you asking why latin I thought you just meant what use is it .... teeee heeee then I read you thought it was for gym students.... yeah that would be bizarre!!!!
On that note, latin and ancient greek would be kind of fun for me to know as I like learning botanical names of plants and there's all sorts of secrets I'm not privy to! (I just learn the name to be able to accurately refer to the plant, but I don't know it's meaning unless I go out of my way to find out!)
When I was at school in Victoria it was compulsory at our school for us to learn Chinese, and I also learnt German (but I can't remember if that was optional or required! I suspect optional). The school later changed to Japanese and French. So your list of commonly learned languages in Australia gels with me (also a guy I went to Uni with had learned Indonesian, which I found a bit different, but is also on your list, so I guess not!)
I can sort of see both sides as to whether it's really that beneficial to learn other languages at school. Maybe if I'd learned in primary school I'd have it for life (I'm pretty sure that's the case? I'm not Googling it), but having learned languages in high school I've really just forgotten most of them through disuse. Whether it benefitted my brain or not I cannot say though!!

Oh re Miffy - kids shows are the best!