Language

[kherrmann3]

We have been getting more and more "foreign" friends on here, and I decided to try and make a multi-cultural post about language. So, we will just start off with some basic questions.

- What is your first language?
- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you!
- What other languages do you speak?
- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school?
- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite?
- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?

Also, for people who have English as a second language, this would be the place to go if you do not know the meaning of a word or phrase. I've been on some websites where the people were mostly British, and I had no idea what some of their terms meant. Here is a place to ask and not be ashamed!

I hope this post goes over well! I love getting input from people from other countries and cultures.

Welcome! Welkom! Bienvenue! Willkommen! Καλώς ήρθατε! Benvenuto! Boa vinda! Добро пожаловать! ¡Recepción!

 

[irishlops]

kherrmann3 wrote:

We have been getting more and more "foreign" friends on here, and I decided to try and make a multi-cultural post about language. So, we will just start off with some basic questions.

- What is your first language? english

- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you!um, Nireland, derry .

- What other languages do you speak?irish and some spanish

- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school?irish, i was taught some at home, but is a subject. spanish aswell.

- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite? Irish

- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?down south irish accent!

 

[NZminilops]

- What is your first language? English
- Where were you born and raised? Hastings, New Zealand
- What other languages do you speak? A few words of Maori, and limited sign language
- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school? Maori, English and sign language are the three official languages of New Zealand. We were required to learn a little maori and a little sign language at school. But I've forgotten almost all of it. So I don't actually say I can speak either
- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite?
- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite? Spanish or French

To say hello in maori is kia ora, you sort of say it fast like "keyora". My one foreign word for the day . It also can be used as "cheers" or "thanks" in a slang kind of way.

 

[kherrmann3]

I just got back from school and checked this. I realized that I did not write down my answers! D'oh!

- What is your first language? English

- Where were you born and raised? Born: Milwaukee, WI
Raised: Oconomowoc, WI

- What other languages do you speak? A little German, Limited Sign Language

- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school? I learned German from my sisters (who took it in school) and at school. It was not required. I learned the little Sign Language that I know from a friend I had in High School. She was deaf, so I learned a little. In fact, I corrected the teacher today who was showing us some sign language! :shock:

- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite? Sign language is fun, and I love how German sounds! I am torn between which is my favorite.

- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite? German, Afrikaans, and Japanese. British accents (Irish, Scottish, Australian, New Zealand included) are neat sounding, too!

 

[Mai_Roberts]

- What is your first language? -
English


- Where were you born and raised? -
South Wales


- What other languages do you speak? -
Not quite fluent.. hopefully after a level i will be. Welsh


- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school? -
I am studying welsh and french at school for gcse


- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite?
I would speak fluent welsh and i would love to learn gaiylic (however its spelt)



- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?
my fave language is welsh lol. I love the welsh accent.



EDIT... what did i do to the text :?

 

[NZminilops]

(New Zealand included) are neat sounding, too!

Word to yo mama .

 

[kherrmann3]

NZminilops wrote:

(New Zealand included) are neat sounding, too!

Word to yo mama .

:laugh:

 

[irishbunny]

British accents (Irish, Scottish, Australian, New Zealand included) are neat sounding, too!

Irish accents are totally different to those kind of accents lol, it's like saying an American accent sounds like an English accent.

 

[kherrmann3]

To us, they sound similar. We can tell the difference, but they sound more similar to each other than a German accent, or even a French one, would sound when compared to a British one. I hope that makes sense? I am grouping them together

 

[PepnFluff]

- What is your first language? -
English


- Where were you born and raised? -
Nelson, New Zealand.


- What other languages do you speak? -
I know a fair bit of Maori but am not fluent. I know a insy wincy bit of Italian too.

- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school? - Maori was just part of school, my english teacher last year took a degree in Maori so we got lotsa that. Italian, youtube and podcasts lol.


- If you speak mulltiple languages, which one is your favorite?
Maori bro, it such a small language when you speak it like anywhere in the world it's like speaking code haha.


- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?
I love listening to the Italian language, it's so beautiful and the sounds are fantastic!

Kiaora, bro's just off for some kai then to see my Whanau and get some aroha.

 

[irishbunny]

kherrmann3 wrote:

To us, they sound similar. We can tell the difference, but they sound more similar to each other than a German accent, or even a French one, would sound when compared to a British one. I hope that makes sense? I am grouping them together

Really? There are alot of Irish accents too, like one for every county, I find alot of English accents to be very loud and annoying lol, no offense to anyone, I suppose I can't tell the difference between Canadian and American and ye probably can.

 

[BSAR]

- What is your first language?

English
- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you!

Born in Renton, Wa. Still be raised in Rochester, WA.
- What other languages do you speak?

Spanish
- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school?

School, required.
- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite?

English!!
- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language?

. . . . . .. . .

Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?

I like British, and North Caroliner accents! And Australian.

 

[BethM]

- What is your first language?

English.

- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you!

Born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas, USA.

- What other languages do you speak?

Just a tiny bit of German.

- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school?

In 6th grade, my class got intro courses to German, French, and Spanish; we had each language for a third of the year. I was in the last year they did that, afterwards everyone got Spanish for the full year. I really liked German, and was not too bad at it, so I took it in middle school, high school, and a couple years in college. Most of my family is mostly German, but didn't speak it at home. Unfortunately, I didn't use it much in my last couple years of college, and haven't used it much since, so a lot of it is gone now.

- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite?

I really like the way German sounds.

- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?

Other than German, I love the sound of Italian. I also really like Australian, Irish, Scottish, and English accents.

 

[swanlake]

-What is your first language?

English


- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you!

North of Detroit


- What other languages do you speak?

I am taking spanish right now, a little french and a wee bit of Ukranian.

- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school?

I learned Ukranian from chruch, basically I can say "glory to Jesus Christ!", My sister took french all four years of High School and is now minoring in it, the spanish I thought would be helpfull in the future.

- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite?

I would LOVE to be fluent in Ukranian. I think it would be so cool to talk to the older ladies at church and hear all of their experiances.


- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?


AKK!! I LOVE any accent from the UK, oh and German accents, oh and Australian accents. Basically if a guy has an accent, it boosts him up about 10 points on the hottness scale!!

And btw, Canadians tend to say "eh", where as Americans don't. And they pronounce their "o" differently than Americans. Americans say "about", where candians say it more like "aboot". Canadians, at least to me, sound more European, which I think is cool.

 

[RexyRex]

BSAR wrote:

North Caroliner accents!

Woot May I ask why NC accents? I ask because whenever I'm in another part of the country, someone will always pinpoint that I'm from NC. Is it really that different?

- What is your first language?
English

- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you!
Concord, NC

- What other languages do you speak?
Spanish

- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school?
I took Spanish I-IV in High School and 2 years in college

- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite?
English because I dun learned it real gud

- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language?
I love French, it's so beautiful. They could be telling you where to go and make it sound so elegant!

Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?
I've ALWAYS loved British, Australian and NZ accents. If a guy has any of those accents, the sexy points goes WAY up in my head. I also like Midwestern accents, I can't tell you why, but I could listen to them talk for days!

 

[swanlake]

RexyRex wrote:

I've ALWAYS loved British, Australian and NZ accents. If a guy has any of those accents, the sexy points goes WAY up in my head.

lol, ME TOO!

 

[RexyRex]

LOL, take for instance, Rob Pattinson. Did not have a clue who he was before Twilight (never got into Harry Potter). When I saw the trailers, I thought "he's TERRIBLE as Edward!" Watched the movie, changed my mind, thought he was okay. Heard his voice in an interview, started having a lil' crush on ol' Rob! My girlfriend told me he was a singer....listened to him sing on Youtube, FELL IN LOVE! So I went from "no way" to "Yummy" in about 2 weeks

Funny thing is I am the exact opposite from most of his female fans, they love him as Edward Cullen, I really like him as a musician!

 

[MyLOVEABLES!!]

NZminilops wrote:

(New Zealand included) are neat sounding, too!

Word to yo mama .

yeahthat ^^ :biggrin2:

us kiwi's are great .

 

[MyLOVEABLES!!]

kherrmann3 wrote:

- What is your first language? Urmm... I was taught Indonesian when i was a kid but i moved ot NZ at age 7 ad i kinda forgoten 70% ahahaha.. useless

- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you! i was born Jakarta.. but in my opinion in my life.. i can say i was raised in NZ.
- What other languages do you speak? I speak English and Indonesian and i under stand a lil bit of chinese and teo chew and i leanrt Spanish for a year but then stoped and now im learning french.. I had to learnt maori too.
- Where and why did you learn the other languages? I learnt indonesian bcuz i was born there, leant english cuz i had to since i live in NZ and i learnt it in NZ lol.. i did chinese for two years, spanish fora year i can listen to teo chew becuz mmy parents can speak that language, and french im learning at school. Maori cuz u have to read michelle's postWas it required in school? i choose french at school and spanish was a class thing 2007. and maori was taught at school
- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite? ahaha.. urm i dont know i'd say spanish.
- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite? My fav accent would be scottish, irish and English and Kiwi accents are hot too hahaha...

 

[irishbunny]

- What is your first language? English
- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you! I was born in Limerick, Ireland but I'm from and have always lived in Clare, Ireland
- What other languages do you speak? Irish and some German
- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school? Well Irish I learned at home because I have alot of family from the Gaeltacht area (Irish speaking area of Ireland) but I learn it at school too. German I'm learning at school.
- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite?Irish
- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite? Not sure really, maybe American accent or something.