Why I didn't include Latin and (Standard) Arabic in my profile's list of languages up to nowThere are two languages that I didn't include in my profile's list up to now, even if I already learned them in the past. They are Latin and Arabic.
As for Latin, I had been learning it for a few years a long time ago. And while it really helped with all of these five Romance linguae (ES, FR, IT, PT, RO), I am not actively able to use that Retro Italian
, in addition to my level of understanding written Latin also being below my level of understanding written Spanish and French.
And as for (Standard) Arabic, well, it is my second non-native C2 language even. This means that I am very grateful for already having reached that level a long, long time ago. But it is C2 according to my point of view, some others possibly wouldn't agree because I do not know some "jargon-esque" terms related to, for example, cooking, baking and carpentry
. However, the same also applies, although to a lesser degree, to English.
To me, not explicitly mentioning a language in the profile's list greatly differs from denying knowing it. In my point of view, simply not including it isn't a lie or anything like that, but just being silent on whether one knows it or not. In addition, the browser's window clearly states that we are
here, i.e. in one particular forum. And within that framework, the language list being shown is, first and foremost, a language list related to one's activities in a particular forum. At least up to know, neither Latin nor Arabic were really related to my forum activities. However, I do feel like adding them to my list now for the Maximum Possible Degree of Transparency.
I could also add ancient Greek, but I only had been learning it for a rather short time, also, I forgot most of it.