Language

[mouse_chalk]

- What is your first language?
English!

- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you!
Born in Basingstoke, England, and lived in Bristol, South-West England since I was 5

- What other languages do you speak?
I don't speak them at all, but a teensy bit of French, and a few words of Spanish and German. Literally a handful of words. I can ask for beer in Spanish, say thank you and goodbye etc and that's about it! I can also tell you in German that I live in a semi-detached house

- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school?
Had to study French at school, did German for a year but they wouldn't let us do it for GCSE and I picked up the Spanish from holidays

- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite?
I really wouldn't say I speak them at all.... Don't have a favourite!

- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?
I love the Northern-Irish accent..... The American accent.... Welsh, and since I've been watching a program 'Spain, On The Road Again' recently, I've realised I quite like the Spanish accent too!

 

[pinksalamander]

- What is your first language? English
- Where were you born and raised? Approximate areas, I am not trying to stalk you! Lived in Kent my whole life!
- What other languages do you speak? A little Spanish (un poco Espanol!)
- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school? We had to learn French in Year 7, then we had a choice if we wanted to carry on French or do Spanish. I chose Spanish and went on to do it at GCSE too
- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favourite? n/a
- For us single-language people, which is your favourite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favourite? I love Italian!

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[NZminilops]

irishbunny wrote:

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.

I'm amazed they sound similar to Kelly too :shock:. My accent couldn't be any more different to an Irish or Scots one. Funny how things can sound alike to some and so different to others.

I've got a Scottish friend on my PS3, sometimes we video chat and I cannot ever understand a word he's saying. His accent is SUPER thick. Sounds like a whole lot of mumbling lol!

American accents to me sound very hard, not so much the general population but the people they employ on the news channels, and say...that E show, Entertainment-something. They hurt my head a bit. NZ accent is so soft and we don't define our words really well so it sounds so different. US and Canadian accents are so hard and full of strong R sounds and really emphasised vowels.

 

[irishbunny]

I can't ever understand Scottish accents either lol, I can understand some English accents but alot of them on the English soaps, especially 'Eastenders' do my head in.

 

[kherrmann3]

NZminilops wrote:

I'm amazed they sound similar to Kelly too :shock:. My accent couldn't be any more different to an Irish or Scots one. Funny how things can sound alike to some and so different to others.

I can tell the difference! I just lumped them together. I guess because they are all "English" countries. I mean English-speaking, of course. Australian/New Zealand is way off from the rest, English is by itself, and Irish and Scottish have a few similarities. I don't know how to describe them, but I can tell the difference between the two.

 

[irishbunny]

Republic Of Ireland isn't part of Britain I have relations who would eat alive anyone who said Ireland was part of Britain lol, they are still sore over it. I think there is a small resemblance of accent and words like 'wee' and 'lass' are said in Northern Ireland and Scotland but I can't understand anything Scottish people say to me and never heard anyone in ROI say 'wee' or 'lass' or anything else like that before or talk with any bit of a scottish accent.

I also hate the way on The Simpsons and some other American programmes they make us sound Scottish, it's really annoying.

 

[Michaela]

What is your first language?
English

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

What other languages do you speak?
A little French, not enough for a proper conversation though.

Where and why did you learn the other languages? Was it required in school?
Yep I learned it at school, you had to do at least one of French, Spanish, German and Irish for GCSE and I chose French.

For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?
I really like the French language, I wish I was fluent, I also like Italian, and think Scandinavian languages are cool.

 

[Sabine]

My native language is German being born and raised in Berlin (place to go)
I learned German and Russian in school but went on to study German and English.
I've been living in Ireland since 1990 and still have a German accent. I don't mind at all since some irish accents (like the North side Cork accent) can be horrendous. When I meet English people they think I'm Irish or Welsh (funnily enough) but Irish people know straight away I'm not "native"
MY partner is English and I just love most English accents. The accent I love most is the French. Whatever language they speak it just sounds so cute. I have a French student in my class, his German pronunciation is crap but it's so adorable. I think I'll never correct him:biggrin2:

 

[Michaela]

kherrmann3 wrote:

I can tell the difference! I just lumped them together. I guess because they are all "English" countries. I mean English-speaking, of course. Australian/New Zealand is way off from the rest, English is by itself, and Irish and Scottish have a few similarities. I don't know how to describe them, but I can tell the difference between the two.

I understand what you mean. Its like how the various Canadian and American accents sound very similar to me, but I can still tell the difference in them, to an extent.

 

[irishbunny]

haha Sabine I know what you mean about Cork accents, you should hear my relations accent from Cobh :biggrin2:they have a pure Cork accent on them, the worst you can get!

 

[kherrmann3]

irishbunny wrote:

Republic Of Ireland isn't part of Britain

That's why I said:

I guess because they are all "English" countries. I mean English-speaking, of course.

 

[Sabine]

kherrmann3 wrote:

irishbunny wrote:

Republic Of Ireland isn't part of Britain

That's why I said:

I guess because they are all "English" countries. I mean English-speaking, of course.

Irish people are veeeeeeery particular about that. Hehe:biggrin2:

 

[irishbunny]

Sabine wrote:

kherrmann3 wrote:

irishbunny wrote:

Republic Of Ireland isn't part of Britain

That's why I said:

I guess because they are all "English" countries. I mean English-speaking, of course.

Irish people are veeeeeeery particular about that. Hehe:biggrin2:

Tell me about it, my friend's mam once threw a quiz book in the fire because it said Ireland was part of Britain. It's mostly older people who are like that though, like in their 50s up.

 

[BethM]

kherrmann3 wrote: I can tell the difference! I just lumped them together. I guess because they are all "English" countries. I mean English-speaking, of course. Australian/New Zealand is way off from the rest, English is by itself, and Irish and Scottish have a few similarities. I don't know how to describe them, but I can tell the difference between the two.

I agree here. To me, for example, Scottish and Irish accents sound similar, though I know they're not really, and I can tell the difference between the two. I'm guessing there are differences between, say, New Zealand and Australian accents, as well, but my only exposure to a NZ accent is Flight of the Conchords. :hearts
I've heard a few people from England on here say they like "American accents," or can't tell the difference between American and Canadian, but we can tell the difference. I always want to ask, which American accent? Because there are several different ones depending on region, like someone from Boston has a totally different accent than someone from Atlanta, and they're both different from San Francisco or Montana. But they're all similar, really, just like Scottish and Irish accents are similar to Americans.

 

[mouse_chalk]

BethM wrote

I've heard a few people from England on here say they like "American accents," or can't tell the difference between American and Canadian, but we can tell the difference. I always want to ask, which American accent? Because there are several different ones depending on region, like someone from Boston has a totally different accent than someone from Atlanta, and they're both different from San Francisco. But they're all similar, really, just like Scottish and Irish accents are similar to Americans.

I was thinking about this earlier when I replied.... And I really couldn't tell you! I like them all! I just like the way you guys say things.... I must admit to not knowing how to distinguis between different US accents, so therefore I can't say which ones I prefer to others lol!

 

[irishbunny]

BethM wrote:

kherrmann3 wrote: I can tell the difference! I just lumped them together. I guess because they are all "English" countries. I mean English-speaking, of course. Australian/New Zealand is way off from the rest, English is by itself, and Irish and Scottish have a few similarities. I don't know how to describe them, but I can tell the difference between the two.

But they're all similar, really, just like Scottish and Irish accents are similar to Americans.

Which Irish accent is similar to Scottish? Mine isn't, every county has a different accent, just like in America, we don't have the same accent all over the country either.

 

[Sabine]

I think it's weird someone thinks a Scottish and irish accent may sound anything alike. But then again, all American accents sound the same to me. I know that's really bad:embarrassed:

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

- What is your first language? English


- Where were you born and raised? USA

- What other languages do you speak? I can speak some spanish I'm trying to get much better at it, but I'm taking a class through my high school.


- Where and why did you learn the other languages? I learned this language because for my future job (EMT/Paramedic) it will give me a boost, being bilingual. Spanish is the 2nd largest language in the USA, so being able to speak that when I'm on the job is a plus. I wasn't required to take it, but many colleges would like it if you had 1-2 years of the same foreign language (and spanish is the only one offered at my HS). I will probably take Spanish 2 next year, and then a refresher course in college, whilst doing all my EMT/Paramedic courses.

- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite? hmm English lol. It's easiest, but I do enjoy speaking spanish, it's just the learning that's so hard.


- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Uhmm....I'm not sure. lol.

-Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite? Definitley Austrailian! I Love the Aussie accent!

Emily

 

[irishbunny]

Sabine wrote:

I think it's weird someone thinks a Scottish and irish accent may sound anything alike. But then again, all American accents sound the same to me. I know that's really bad:embarrassed:

Me too! I mean, when I talk to a Scottish person I can never understand what they are saying. I think maybe people kind of think the Irish accent is the stupid ''Irish'' accent that are on American TV shows like The Simpsons and stuff, the only American I have ever seen put on a correct Irish accent that didn't sound Scottish or like a leprechaun was Julia Roberts in the film Michael Collins.

I went on Youtube and looked up Irish accent and it was all people putting on this Scottish accent!

 

[GoinBackToCali]

- What is your first language? Texan English


- Where were you born and raised? Texas... it's a whole udder country!


- What other languages do you speak?Now.. German, Italian, French and some asian dialects.. and im passable in spanish.. I can order you food, cuss you out and get you where you need to go..Oh and now that I am married to an Aussie, more specifically a Bananna Bender (only other Aussies will get that).. I can speak Aussie or "Strine"..as in..fair dinkum, from whoa to go,ocker, pommie,ratbag,stunned mullet, tall poppies,yonks..




- Where and why did you learn the other languages? Cause im a sponge like that..school, travel, work.


- If you speak multiple languages, which one is your favorite? French, cause it makes guys do things they dont wanna do..


- For us single-language people, which is your favorite language? Even to listen to or hear that accent, which is your favorite?.. Heck.. AUSSIE.. it's like livin with Bruce the Shark from Finding Nemo..

Although.. skaters have their own lingo and accents.. and ya get a group of us together gabbin.. we sound like we need to be checked for green cards..