English as a second language.
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Um..wootsman said:
OT: I spent the first nine years of my life in Hungary, and the subsequent times in Ireland. I'm fluent in both Hungarian and English, but I've though almost exclusively in the latter for a long time. There's nothing wrong with that; just a case of nurture overcoming nature. Still, don't forget your native tongue, because knowing another language [especially a relatively obscure one] is pretty cool.
When I spent an entire year in Scotland, I couldn't shake the habit of thinking in English. It took me a long time to start thinking in my native Greek language.
What is worse, though, is that because I started my professional training there, I know all the technical vocabulary in English, which means that I am having difficulties writing and communicating with colleagues, since I only know the English terms for a lot of things. It's quite frustrating.
What is worse, though, is that because I started my professional training there, I know all the technical vocabulary in English, which means that I am having difficulties writing and communicating with colleagues, since I only know the English terms for a lot of things. It's quite frustrating.
Nothing wrong with that.
I speak in English (my native tongue) only because it was the first language that I learned and my mind just sort of stuck to it. Also, the fact that I live in New York, which has English as the primary language (although I should probably learn Spanish at at least a remedial level). I just can't dedicate time to learning other languages (due to laziness, not anything useful taking up my time), no matter how much cooler they sound or how useful it might be to know other languages.
Also, I myself want to master my native language before moving on to using another. Although, thats just me.
I speak in English (my native tongue) only because it was the first language that I learned and my mind just sort of stuck to it. Also, the fact that I live in New York, which has English as the primary language (although I should probably learn Spanish at at least a remedial level). I just can't dedicate time to learning other languages (due to laziness, not anything useful taking up my time), no matter how much cooler they sound or how useful it might be to know other languages.
Also, I myself want to master my native language before moving on to using another. Although, thats just me.
I actually find this pretty damn impressive. I couldn't imagine thinking in a language that wasn't my native one.GrizzlerBorno said:
I certainly don't hope it's wrong, because I do the exact same thing. I talk to most of my friends, think and talk to myself in English. I live in Sweden.
I sometimes express myself in Swedish like I'd do in English, which can lead to some strange wording and sentence structure.
I sometimes express myself in Swedish like I'd do in English, which can lead to some strange wording and sentence structure.
Yup. Sometimes i think in english, sometimes Swedish. It varies. Personally, I think english sounds "better" in tense situations, while swedish is better in calm, collected situations.
"You fucking idiot!"
Sounds better then:
"Din jävla idiot!" for example.
But: "En underbar sommarmorgon reste sig över det mäktiga kungariket."
sounds better then
"A wonderful summermorning rose over the mighty kingdom."
I dunno, just my 2 cents(öre)
"You fucking idiot!"
Sounds better then:
"Din jävla idiot!" for example.
But: "En underbar sommarmorgon reste sig över det mäktiga kungariket."
sounds better then
"A wonderful summermorning rose over the mighty kingdom."
I dunno, just my 2 cents(öre)
I like English more then my mother tongue too,but I don't think in it.Probably because I never really used English except in school,but if you like a more modern language and use it often there's nothing wrong in thinking in it.
But really, what makes you a pretentious ponce is correcting people on their parts of speech.poiumty said:
Completely unrelated note, "Pretentious" and "Wrong" are both adjectives, not nouns.
Oh wait...
Not pretentious is ok i mean you should speak whatever you want.
Personally i sometimes think in english and other times i forget an spanish word but i remember the exact same word in english,that's completely normal
Personally i sometimes think in english and other times i forget an spanish word but i remember the exact same word in english,that's completely normal
I am a native English speaker, and I took German in high school and learned quite a bit. I will, occasionally, use German words on complete accident simply because the German word comes to mind before the English one.
Yah it must be hard seeing that Bangladesh has some of the lowest literacy rates in the world.GrizzlerBorno said:
I come from Bulgaria, I need to speak it to communicate with my Grandma but I don't know enough words and I don't know how to read it so I often get stumpped when I try to explain things to her. But hey that's why everyone in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union knows Russian so they can talk to each other.
Other then that I pretty much only use English, it serves no real purpose to me especially when I do get to Bulgaria everyone knows English so there's no real point.
sometimes I know a word in English but forgot it in my native language, also English sounds epic-er than my native language.
@OP: I feel the same way.
I think in English more than in romanian.When I talk to my WoW friends who also are romanian half of the words are in english because I think they are faster and easier to say.
This thing is gonna come and bite me in the ass when I'm gonna go and try to talk(try to write) with people I haven't met yet i.e: non gamers.
I think in English more than in romanian.When I talk to my WoW friends who also are romanian half of the words are in english because I think they are faster and easier to say.
This thing is gonna come and bite me in the ass when I'm gonna go and try to talk(try to write) with people I haven't met yet i.e: non gamers.