Catman
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Re: Second Languages
English is my primary language, but it is a dialect that I grew up hearing. Backwoods communities had languages of their own from years of isolation. Therefore, my english is askew from others english. Mostly the pronunciation of the words is the difference.
I took a year of Russian in school and can still exchange greetings and such, but that is about it. |
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harryhoudini
join:2003-02-05
Los Angeles, CA | reply to theman23
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Some Japanese but very little. |
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DavisPhotog
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Oakland, CA
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I've been taking years of French and plan on making it one of my majors here at UCD.
I'm going to start taking German in the fall. I'd like to learn Russian and maybe Hebrew or Arabic as well.
As for spanish.... I could probably pick it up any time, because of its striking similarity to french. I can usually understand most written spanish and a little bit of spoken spanish if it's spoken slowly enough.
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Brianv5
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Keyser, WV
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I used to study Russian, I can still do some. Spanish I'm ok at. French some. After a few Jackie Chan movies, then some Chinese! 
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CurtesyFlush
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said by Catman  : Mostly the pronunciation of the words is the difference. How so? Examples? I'm fascinated with American English dialects. |
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CurtesyFlush
Bababooey, fafafooey, tatatoothy.
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I believe American schools wanted to make sure students learn "pure" Spanish, or original Spanish. Actually, a better name would be European Spanish. The Spanish in the Americas was brought here and has mixed with a myriad of aboriginal languages. In the case of Northern Mexico, that mix has further combined with English to form Spanglish.
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pinoy76
join:2003-11-08
Twentynine Palms, CA | reply to theman23
Tagalog |
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the niTz
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Sahuarita, AZ | reply to theman23
First learned Greek then English, |
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CPM
join:2001-08-24
Miami, FL
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I know a little german |
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Catman
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said by CurtesyFlush :said by Catman : Mostly the pronunciation of the words is the difference. How so? Examples? I'm fascinated with American English dialects. The word mower is pronounced more. A wheel barrow is a wheel bar. First names that end in A have the a pronounced as a Y sound, Nora=Nory. Those are a couple examples off the top of my head. Regional dialect isnt uncommone in the remote reaches of the Appalachians.
There are also local words. Yall, aint, haint, ott, yuns, hisen, yourn, usuns. |
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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI | reply to theman23
Fluent in International Morse Code..  |
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CurtesyFlush
Bababooey, fafafooey, tatatoothy.
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Fontana, CA | reply to Catman
How do they pronounce oil? All or erl? |
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CurtesyFlush
Bababooey, fafafooey, tatatoothy.
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Fontana, CA | reply to pinoy76
said by pinoy76 :Tagalog Got Lumpia? Adobo? |
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RJ
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Miami Beach, FL
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Lots of Russians in here.
Spanish (native). This means I can understand Italian by extension, which made it an obvious choice over French in high school. I can't speak it very well, though. |
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inmuck
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Let me give the view from halfway across the globe.
In India, Learning different language is a necessity rather than serious hobby or an exploration. With 22 official languages and federal states are carved on linguistic basis, you need to at least a bi-lingual, your mother tongue + Hindi (National Language) or Your Mother tongue + English (de-facto associate language). When you move from one state to another, you keep picking up their language and subsequently becoming multilingual. The conditions are similar elsewhere in East Asia; you have many languages and many dialects.
I know,
1. Tamil (Mother Tongue)
2. Hindi (hmm… National Language)
3. English (de-facto for any literate Indian)
4. Telugu *
5. Malayalam *
6. Kannada *
And forced by the Global Economy, I am exposed to
1. French
2. German.
I should be adding Mandarin, Spanish and few Indian languages in couple of years.
Note: * - Official language of my neighboring states. You need to know those languages, as you may require it when you step in to those states. |
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yengec
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Boca Raton, FL
| Turkish, English and very little Spanish.
Dad Speaks 7, mom speaks 4... I'm the only idiot in the family speaking only 2.5 languages.
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Pichin
join:2001-07-01
Altamonte Springs, FL | reply to theman23
Natural language is Spanish and English is my second and most used language.
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I speak Vietnamese, French, Spanish, and English fluently, and a smidgen of German, Italian, and Chinese. Vietnamese comes from the Army teaching it to me during the Viet Nam war. French comes from living there for years and studying at the Sorbonne. German comes from living there, and the rest are osmotically acquired.
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W8ASA
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Anonuser co' pha?i la` ngu+o+`i VN kho^ng ? Sinh ra o+? be^n My~ ha? ? To^i la` ngu+o+`i My` (to'c ddo? gia tra)'ng). To^i dda~ ho.c tie^'ng VN trong tho+`i gian to^i o+? trong qua^n ddo^.i. Ho.c xong ro^`i, to^i sang VN ddan'h tra^.n cho^'ng CS.
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andysly5
join:2003-07-09
Colonia, NJ
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hey, another Magyar !!!!!
wasn't too sure i'd find another Hungarian in here. My parents both came from Budapest. I'm a first gen American...
Nothing's greater than walking around the mall listening to a couple speaking their native language, thinking nobody around them understands while they complain about this and that. LOL....what entertainment !!! |
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