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Is english your native language?
- Thread starter Kwigo
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Native and only unfortunately. Wish I was at least bilingual.
Suprised by the poll results so far!
Suprised by the poll results so far!
English is my first. Family was quite multilingual growing up, but nobody ever really taught us.
Tried to rectify that with my own kids at least raising them bilingual.
It was interesting to hear from my son that he often feels English isn't his first language, despite using it more regularly and in everyday interactions. He says he tends to think to himself in Japanese, and he usually dreams in it as well.
Tried to rectify that with my own kids at least raising them bilingual.
It was interesting to hear from my son that he often feels English isn't his first language, despite using it more regularly and in everyday interactions. He says he tends to think to himself in Japanese, and he usually dreams in it as well.
pffffffffffffft
Anyway, yes English is my first. Poll results are pretty cool.
Yes but no. My parents taught me English and their foreign language which doesnt have any written text for it so I lost my understanding of it. Plus very few people in the world speak it. So by end of elementary school english became the only native language I am comfortable talking in.
French here.
Struggled hard in English classes for many years, until one summer where i watched the Lords of Rings Trilogy long edition DVDs i was offered at christmas. I watched it first in french, as i always did before. But because i had nothing else to do afterwards, i watched the bonus discs. Bonus discs that where all in VOST. And by watching them, i realised that many scenes and dialogs sounded much better in english (especially Aragorn's speach before attacking the Black gate in the third movie). So once i was done with the bonuses, i rewatched the movies but this time in english with subtitles. And then i watched them with the actors commentaries. And then i watched them with the directors commentaries.
At the end of that month of Lord of the Rings marathon, spending hours and hours hearing people speak english, i was already much better at it. And then i started watching all my movies, tv shows and playing my games in english. A year later i didn't need the subtitles anymore.
Struggled hard in English classes for many years, until one summer where i watched the Lords of Rings Trilogy long edition DVDs i was offered at christmas. I watched it first in french, as i always did before. But because i had nothing else to do afterwards, i watched the bonus discs. Bonus discs that where all in VOST. And by watching them, i realised that many scenes and dialogs sounded much better in english (especially Aragorn's speach before attacking the Black gate in the third movie). So once i was done with the bonuses, i rewatched the movies but this time in english with subtitles. And then i watched them with the actors commentaries. And then i watched them with the directors commentaries.
At the end of that month of Lord of the Rings marathon, spending hours and hours hearing people speak english, i was already much better at it. And then i started watching all my movies, tv shows and playing my games in english. A year later i didn't need the subtitles anymore.
It's not little, it's the seventh most popular language in the world.
Wow at the results! I came in expecting a big margin but the multicultural and international aspects of the site really do add up.
That kinda makes me warm and fuzzy :)
That kinda makes me warm and fuzzy :)
Love the poll results presently showing majority "no," makes me feel like the promise of this place being more open to different perspectives rings true. I am a native English speaker myself, however... and my only experience in other languages is a tiny bit of Korean (from my mom being Korean, but I grew up in an American conservative culture that suppressed it) and high school level French which has largely not been retained (it's been 15 years since I was in high school).
I should've taken Spanish in high school as it would've had far more practicality but I was so determined to be a hipster about it -- I had the choice of only Spanish and French and French was the far less popular pick, lol.
I should've taken Spanish in high school as it would've had far more practicality but I was so determined to be a hipster about it -- I had the choice of only Spanish and French and French was the far less popular pick, lol.
Ne, kamarade.
That means "no, friend" in the Czech language.
Am learning and practicing English language from the age of 6, when I was a wee little lad. Elementary school teacher Bill, Cartoon Network, Viva, MTV, games.
I am using it in my line of work daily.
That means "no, friend" in the Czech language.
Am learning and practicing English language from the age of 6, when I was a wee little lad. Elementary school teacher Bill, Cartoon Network, Viva, MTV, games.
I am using it in my line of work daily.
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Man I love those poll results. Keep 'em coming !
I actually thoughy it was german at first :D I love how so many european languages are extremely similar!
I actually thoughy it was german at first :D I love how so many european languages are extremely similar!
Bilingual, with (Uruguayan) Spanish being the other language
My dad grew up in an English-speaking household due to my grandma being American and (most of) my great-grandparents being Scottish or Irish, which he wanted to maintain so between that and my grandma I spoke a lot of English growing up as well (I did also attend English classes and all as a kid/teenager, but that was mostly to have a cert of proficiency more than anything)
My dad grew up in an English-speaking household due to my grandma being American and (most of) my great-grandparents being Scottish or Irish, which he wanted to maintain so between that and my grandma I spoke a lot of English growing up as well (I did also attend English classes and all as a kid/teenager, but that was mostly to have a cert of proficiency more than anything)
No. Spanish is my native language, though I was bilingual (Spanish/Russian) before I learned English.
Nope.
Not sure if that is anything to go by.Not surprised at the results at all. The grammar of thread titles sometimes has me all....
No, I'm from Costa Rica,
I mostly taught myself from games and tv shows, but I also went to classes when I was a kid.
I mostly taught myself from games and tv shows, but I also went to classes when I was a kid.
Ok those results are unexpected, it kinda makes clear how we use English as a bridge language that we all use to comunicate even if our native languages are diferent, that's cool.
Je ne sais pas...
Pouvez-vous répéter la question?
French here. Learned English with video games and American media.
Same. Grew up in Québec so had some English in school, but mostly learned because of video games and American media.
I would hope it is. It's understandable if english is a second language.
