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English is my first and only language
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English is my first language but speak another
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English is not my first language
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I don't speak English
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12-19-2010, 11:27 AM
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uncharismatic conservative maverick
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Indiana
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Re: English Your First Language?
I speak English, but know a little German and Spanish. I think it might be interesting to learn Hebrew.
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12-19-2010, 11:30 AM
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Registered Member
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Join Date: May 2007
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Re: English Your First Language?
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Originally Posted by Hoovie
I find it interesting that we are seemingly surrounded by folks who are bilingual or even trilingual.
I am even more surprised that there are quite a few in the US who speak, or were taught English as a second language.
I thought we were the only ones. Being raised Old Order Mennonite we were taught Penn Dutch German at home, then generally English as we entered school.
This has made me curious. How many on AFF speak multiple languages? I am sure there are many Spanish speakers among us , but also others.
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Hoovie, what european counrty did your ancestors emigrate from, Germany?
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12-19-2010, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: South Central Texas
Posts: 2,801
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Re: English Your First Language?
My native language is English but began learning Spanish at the age of 12.
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12-19-2010, 01:13 PM
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Re: English Your First Language?
English fluently
Yoruba fluently. Yoruba is an African language
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12-19-2010, 04:54 PM
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Supercalifragilisticexpiali...
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: English Your First Language?
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Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind
Hoovie, what european counrty did your ancestors emigrate from, Germany?
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Switzerland and Germany. They were just coming out of harsh persecution at the hands of Catholics and Lutherans alike.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch
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Last edited by Hoovie; 12-19-2010 at 05:34 PM.
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12-19-2010, 05:01 PM
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Sister Alvear
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Location: Brazil, SA
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Re: English Your First Language?
English, Portuguese and quite a bit of Spanish....
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12-19-2010, 05:03 PM
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Sister Alvear
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Location: Brazil, SA
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Re: English Your First Language?
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Originally Posted by TGBTG
English fluently
Yoruba fluently. Yoruba is an African language
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is that the language spoken in Nigeria?
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12-19-2010, 05:24 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: DC Metro area
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Re: English Your First Language?
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Originally Posted by seekerman
English and og-day attin-lay
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Is that the same as ig-pay atin-lay?
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12-19-2010, 05:36 PM
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Registered Member
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Re: English Your First Language?
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Originally Posted by commonsense
English is my language from birth, but I did take 4 yrs of HS French.  |
I was not born with a language. It took a while for me.
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12-19-2010, 05:36 PM
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Registered Member
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: AZ
Posts: 16,746
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Re: English Your First Language?
I am fluent in over 6 millions forms of communication.....
....this is not familiar to me, it may be an Imperial code.
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