Can you guess the 2 coins?

Thai isn't that difficult.
It's a category III language based on the ILR (Interagency Language Roundtable).

Korean, my secondary language, is a category IV.

Somali, my tertiary language, is supposedly a category III like Thai but I think it's harder than Korean!

https://www.state.gov/foreign-language-training/

 

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I keep telling my kids that. They don't listen.

 

You’d be useful in my hometown. Lots of Somalians. Not so many Asians though.

 

*Somalis.
No such thing as a Somalian.
I was taught that day one of class haha.

I haven't had too much opportunity to use my Somali. Korean is definitely the better of the two when it comes to opportunities to use it

 

Captain Phillips.

 

Fun fact #1. I've been on the Navy ship that rescued him. Albeit a few years post-rescue.
Fun fact #2. I've worked with the native linguist who helped with the rescue.

 

Was it the movie version or the real dealyou sure have an interesting History.

 

Real deal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bainbridge_(DDG-96)

 

I remembered it like it happened yesterday but 12 years ago was only 5 at the time.

 

Oof that makes me feel old haha.