My reason for taking up Korean was originally rather silly. I was watching one of the longest serial dramas known to mankind and at some point decided that there was no way every other word ended in "...amida". I figured the only way to find out was to start learning it.
I started Spanish because I was a cute, but bored, 5 year old on vacation with my parents when I caught the attention of a waiter who then spent two weeks teaching me. Then I had to take it in 5th & 6th grade.
Took French in college because of Guy de Maupassant and my cook book collection; then Japanese because my favorite sushi chef insisted and plied me with food.
