What other languages do you speak?

[iSamurai]

As an American, I speak American/Canadian.

American!? is this a language!? read my previous post. Ach, excuse us. We British speakers like to copy American English and poke fun. Just like John Steward mocked BEng last time on the Daily Show.

The last time me and some other friends are having fun with US English, this real American guy came passed and said, "you guys dont even sound like americans". Oh well we tried

Françias - French

C'est Français, pas Françias. Mais je sais, c'est pas grave, un petit typo.

 

[Karstan]

American!? is this a language!? read my previous post. Ach, excuse us. We British speakers like to copy American English and poke fun. Just like John Steward mocked BEng last time on the Daily Show.

The last time me and some other friends are having fun with US English, this real American guy came passed and said, "you guys dont even sound like americans". Oh well we tried



C'est Français, pas Françias. Mais je sais, c'est pas grave, un petit typo.

You do realize how stereotypical you are being, do you not? I guess everyone should put on fake accents and curse their ancestors for forcing them to be born in America.

 

[crazycat]

I speak the language of love.

 

[jb60606]

American!? is this a language!? read my previous post. Ach, excuse us. We British speakers like to copy American English and poke fun. Just like John Steward mocked BEng last time on the Daily Show.

The last time me and some other friends are having fun with US English, this real American guy came passed and said, "you guys dont even sound like americans". Oh well we tried



C'est Français, pas Françias. Mais je sais, c'est pas grave, un petit typo.

we call it English and the Brits smirk/giggle or get their panties in a bind. We call it American and we hear every Brit b|tch & moan, whine & cry until we call it English again, arguing we have no right to claim the language as our own.

We have a variety of dialects. We have a variety of accents. Some of us speak faster. Some of us speak slower. We added some new words, and removed others. We changed the spelling of a few words and the pronunciation of others.

What would you expect from a large, culturally diverse and relatively young country of immigrants that basically adopted a single language?

Tell us; what would the British like us damaged people to call our native tongue?

 

[Shotglass]

I have a basic grasp of German, and I'm getting pretty good at French. Don't speak the language, though.




EDIT - Actually, German is my mother tongue. Doesn't change what I said though.

 

[TEG]

American!? is this a language!? read my previous post. Ach, excuse us. We British speakers like to copy American English and poke fun. Just like John Steward mocked BEng last time on the Daily Show.

The last time me and some other friends are having fun with US English, this real American guy came passed and said, "you guys dont even sound like americans". Oh well we tried

Considering the Spelling and pronunciation differenced between English (or as people often say, insultingly, British English) and American, I feel it is safe to consider them two different languages (especially since other languages differentiate themselves from others by even fewer differences). Also, Canadian is also different, especially since they have blended American with English to make it even more confusing.

C'est Français, pas Françias. Mais je sais, c'est pas grave, un petit typo.

Unfortunately, I never learned how to read/write in French. I can get by in Quebec, but that is about it. Hence the typo.

Mahalo!

TEG

 

[Soundie]

I speak fluent Norwegian and English (hence that I am from Norway) I do understand some German and French and offcourse Swedish and Danish (which are both very simiulare to Norwegian)

 

[Zwhaler]

Anyone speak English as a second (or third) language?

 

[Shotglass]

Anyone speak English as a second (or third) language?

Second language here. Ask me anything.

 

[tkidBOSTON]

English and Polish.

 

[steveli]

Born and bred Yellowbelly so Midlands (East, thank you very much) English is my native tongue. I learnt French in school - can about get by with that. Also learnt German in school which is handy as I now live in Switzerland so I can speak very good High German and understand High- and Swiss- German. Speaking Swiss German sounds a bit like I learned it in Holland - must work on that still, ha ha!!

 

[iSamurai]

You do realize how stereotypical you are being, do you not? I guess everyone should put on fake accents and curse their ancestors for forcing them to be born in America.

we call it English and the Brits smirk/giggle or get their panties in a bind. We call it American and we hear every Brit b|tch & moan, whine & cry until we call it English again, arguing we have no right to claim the language as our own.

We have a variety of dialects. We have a variety of accents. Some of us speak faster. Some of us speak slower. We added some new words, and removed others. We changed the spelling of a few words and the pronunciation of others.

What would you expect from a large, culturally diverse and relatively young country of immigrants that basically adopted a single language?

Tell us; what would the British like us damaged people to call our native tongue?

Considering the Spelling and pronunciation differenced between English (or as people often say, insultingly, British English) and American, I feel it is safe to consider them two different languages (especially since other languages differentiate themselves from others by even fewer differences). Also, Canadian is also different, especially since they have blended American with English to make it even more confusing.

I knew this was coming please don't be ice queens. I do realise English is such a wide spoken language obviously you'll get dialects and accents. But hey, at the end of the day we all understand each other. And I do notice I'm being stereotypical. American English users are just as proud to speak as do British English users.

This never ending debate is just like Apple vs Microsoft I guess, and depends on your point of view. The other day my classmate was using American English (that 'z' pronunciation - "zee" and "zed") and he refused to recognise it as "zed", and he was poked fun by the teacher for being "ignorant" (amusingly, of course) to people around, oh well

I fully understand why American English is more common/known throughout the word, as it is more globalised than the British counterpart, since US is more successful at spreading the word. Although, surprisingly, the United Nations uses British English.

However this accent thing plays an important role in fitting into the society too. First/second language speakers can pick up the accent and base your impression by what you speak. So there's a constant thing going on you'll be more accepted if you speak and write a more British English here. I assume this also applies in America vice versa.

Last point, I'm not anti-American I do prefer to watch CNN over BBC on a daily basis. This is so off topic, as I have provoked this discussion, instead of talking about what languages you speak.

 

[nhcowboy1]

American English, French, German, Russian, Swedish, and Danish - in order of acquisition. Have also studied Spanish and Italian - but they never stuck. Also speak a very few words of Breton - but really love that language!

And speak enough Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Armenian to be polite - which came in very handy once upon a time when I did wholesale sales to mom & pop grocery stores. Being able to say a few words in the store owners' own language always got me in the door!

I also speak enough words of several languages to be rude - but I generally reserve that for yelling at the dog.

 

[silbeej]

Downloaded all the German podcasts on iTunes. I'll get around to them sometime.

 

[jb60606]

American English, French, German, Russian, Swedish, and Danish - in order of acquisition. Have also studied Spanish and Italian - but they never stuck. Also speak a very few words of Breton - but really love that language!

And speak enough Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Armenian to be polite - which came in very handy once upon a time when I did wholesale sales to mom & pop grocery stores. Being able to say a few words in the store owners' own language always got me in the door!

I also speak enough words of several languages to be rude - but I generally reserve that for yelling at the dog.

I envy you. My sisters and mother are linguists (between them all, they speak, french, german, spanish, english, italian, arabic, portuguese, latin, one african language that I cannot recall, as well as some ancient and less common languages). Me? A little french/spanish and I can throw a football wicked far. I got the dumb gene.

I'd love to be able to go nearly anywhere in the world with language barriers a non-issue. I travel when I can, but I can guarantee I'd travel a helluva lot more (and probably live abroad) if I knew more languages.

 

[Nabooly]

I speak Arabic fluently, and im taking spanish in school now.

Would love to learn French.

 

[McGiord]

Learning another language is fascinating.
After making many mistakes is when you start polishing it, obviously if you care enough to correct them.

I was born in a spanish speaking country, and now I live in the US, also I learn some basic german (aber es ist sehr teuer, die deklinationen und die langew?rter), I can understand portuguese and talk but writing is very hard.

OP: beware that in Mexico they use many words only used in Mexico.

One of the best ways to grasp the language is using a dictionary to read the meaning of the words in the language you are learning.

Anyone knows how to activate/add the MacOSX Dictionary in other language?
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Lamborghini Cheetah specifications

 

[neoserver]

Mainly just English (of the Canadian Variety). However, I have taken French from grade 4 to grade 11. I'm not fluent enough to speak the language, but can usually get the jist of whats being said if it's written down. I'd love to master it, however, being in Alberta, there isn't really much of an opportunity to practice speaking.

 

[SilvorX]

Francais ici

I was in Mexico a month ago, the resort I was staying at was supposed to be tri-lingual in English, Spanish and French, so I was planning on speaking french, but then when I actually got to the resort, I was lucky if I could get someone who spoke english. I did see quite a few Canadian flags at random places which made me happy either way

 

[eXan]

I think the "None - I only speak english" option should be slightly changed to "English" only to include those who don't speak english as their native but secondary (or whatever) language.

+1.

As for me, Russian, then English.

 

[miniConvert]

British English, I'd like to add