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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7972
Location: Australia |
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Hmmm I didn't think my heritage is that exotic really.. but I guess it's because it's pretty 'normal' to me.. hehe. 
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Originally posted by Papug
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Originally posted by Cheeta
hmmm I know five different dialects... Plus, I can understand a couple more other dialect but I can't speak it.
Oh also add Malay (a little) to my list of languages.
Cheeta, are these dialects close to each other? I mean, can people understand each other without actually speaking the other dialect?
Well lets see... if speaking to to true form of the dialects, meaning no regional slangs and jargons and all that. No they are quote different. But due to the 'mixture' of the different dialects in a populations, some seems to be loosing it's true form. Hainanese and Hokkien can have similar sounding words, so you can understand part of conversation, but usually never the whole thing. Mandarin and Cantonese are totally different language, and Hakka is a mixture of dialects mixed into one basically.... soooo it can be very confusing unless you know a whole lot of dialect, and I'm talking about may be ten upwards. Hakka took me to longest to learn, and technically I'm still learning it. |
Monday February 12, 2007 2:25 pm |
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meg832
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Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Posts: 365
Location: Ohio |
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OMG! Did this happen in the Netherlands?!
Dutch uses a lot of English words, nowadays. There's also some French in it. And I'm sure it sounds to you like German. But some things are very different.
In Dutch a lake is meer and the sea is zee.
In German a lake is see and the sea meer.
Quite funny!
Yes, it was in the Netherlands. And yes, one can make a lot of funny mistakes trying to figure out a new language without a dictionary!
Do you know anything about the Swiss dialect? It was so pretty-- almost like yodeling! I wonder if my Swiss ancestors got confused about See and Meer. They built themselves a 30 foot boat and crossed the ocean in it. Can you imagine? Maybe they thought they were crossing a big Lake Geneva! |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 3:01 am |
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cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
I know like 2 native canadian words out of a text book  "welcome" and "copper". Yeahhhh..those will help me A LOT in life!!
all of you who speak different languages, I envy you..you're soo lucky! Sometimes my mom and I go around speaking french to confuse my dad |
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Wednesday February 14, 2007 2:21 pm |
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jletaz
Experienced flier
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 1286
Location: CA, USA |
You will probably see on the favorite food page that my number one FAVORITE food is PERSIAN!!!!! 
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Originally posted by shirin
Luke I studies French for 7 years and I was hopeless at it! But now I wish I had tried harder because here in Canada it's really useful. I studied Spanish for 3 years and used to be able to have conversations and stuff, but as I haven't really used it, I'm slowly forgeting most of it. Other than that I speak English and Persian. Persian is my first language, but believe it or not I'm more fluent in English than Persian 
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Monday March 12, 2007 8:36 pm |
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jletaz
Experienced flier
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 1286
Location: CA, USA |
This is interesting! I like to hear about other people's cultures around the world...
I am of Japanese decent, but I am 4th generation American, so embarrassingly, I can only speak English!!
My parents and grandparents are from California, Hawaii, and Utah!  I can also stumble through a little Spanish, but I wish I knew more being here in Southern California.
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Monday March 12, 2007 8:47 pm |
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danabird
Flier
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 976
Location: Northwest Fla |
I lived in Italy for 4 years and learned to speak a bit of italian.  |
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Tuesday March 13, 2007 5:49 am |
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luke1
Fledgeling
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
Posts: 313
Location: UK |
i would like to learn spanish, not french. ive got a french exam today, im gonna fail! |
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Tuesday March 13, 2007 7:16 am |
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cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
I never study for French exams and I usually have no idea what I'm doing, and I always get like all right  |
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Tuesday March 13, 2007 2:40 pm |
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Lynzi Marie
Flying tumbler
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 2052
Location: Utah |
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Originally posted by danabird
I lived in Italy for 4 years and learned to speak a bit of italian.
LUCKY DUCKY!!!!
I'd love to visit Italy some day.... |
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Tuesday March 13, 2007 11:17 pm |
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Lynzi Marie
Flying tumbler
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 2052
Location: Utah |
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Originally posted by cheekie_birdy
I know like 2 native canadian words out of a text book "welcome" and "copper". Yeahhhh..those will help me A LOT in life!!
all of you who speak different languages, I envy you..you're soo lucky! Sometimes my mom and I go around speaking french to confuse my dad
lmbo Haley!!!
Welcome and copper......
fabulous!
my mom and I would speak in Spanish to confuse my daddy.....
the looks those men get on their faces are priceless! |
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Tuesday March 13, 2007 11:21 pm |
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bookwrm6197
Flutterer
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Posts: 108
Location: New York City, United States |
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Originally posted by Cheeta
I speak English, and five dialect of Chinese.
Well............What dialects do you speak? I speak English, Chinese, Japanese (just a few words though, picked up from anime), and Spanish (Another just a few words language. The dialect of chinese I speak is Mandarin, although my mom speaks fujinese, mandarin, and cantonese. And english! I visited China once, it was fun but so HOT! |
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Sunday September 16, 2007 6:55 pm |
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bookwrm6197
Flutterer
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Posts: 108
Location: New York City, United States |
Oh, and just so you know, I'm losing my tough in Chinese! Not that I ever had a touch...but I was much better when I was 4. I'm 10 and I forget a lot now! So sad..;.  |
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Sunday September 16, 2007 6:58 pm |
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sveta
Flutterer
Joined: 11 Jan 2007
Posts: 190
Location: Canada, British Columbia |
I speak Russian, am learning french (failing misrably)  |
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Friday July 18, 2008 4:58 am |
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PeCe
Bappie
Joined: 03 Oct 2007
Posts: 90
Location: Spakenburg (Netherlands) |
Dutch (mother language since I live in the Netherlands)
English en German at a good level.
French and Norwegian (reading reasonable, speaking not good)
Polish (tried it, understand a little, but that was to difficult) |
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Sunday July 20, 2008 12:27 am |
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SpanishD
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Joined: 11 Sep 2008
Posts: 12
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i speak english... and spanish  |
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