First languages!

MOT · Post by **MOT** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:27 pm

Anyone else here not got english as their first language!? I was brought up in a strict welsh family and thats still all we speak at home.

Post by **Weedguru Higher** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:56 pm

French..well actually it's a toss up between french and english. I am sort of half and half . I'm not 100% fluent in either but pretty close mind ya. Had a life of partial french partial english school, some english at home, some french. Kinda confusing.

Midnight Toker · Post by **Midnight Toker** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:02 am

Weedguru Higher wrote:French..well actually it's a toss up between french and english. I am sort of half and half . I'm not 100% fluent in either but pretty close mind ya. Had a life of partial french partial english school, some english at home, some french. Kinda confusing.

Do you come out speaking frenglish alot? That woulda fucked me up learning two languages on the go, would have confused the hell out of me.

Post by **Weedguru Higher** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:37 am

Yeah I do speak frenglish a horrible lot. It's kinda funny cause it just comes out that way like automatically. I talk with alot of billingual people, we all speak that way and understand each other. But when it happens with somone who only speaks one of the two languages, it can get rather funny. I have trouble remembering which language a written word is in. Some of the english to french translations resemble vrey closely. I talk in english say a word them I'm like uh..is that word english? Happens more in oral than written though, when I type I have time to think what I'm writting.

Shwoot · Post by **Shwoot** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:43 am

Weedguru Higher wrote:Yeah I do speak frenglish a horrible lot. It's kinda funny cause it just comes out that way like automatically. I talk with alot of billingual people, we all speak that way and understand each other. But when it happens with somone who only speaks one of the two languages, it can get rather funny. I have trouble remembering which language a written word is in. Some of the english to french translations resemble vrey closely. I talk in english say a word them I'm like uh..is that word english? Happens more in oral than written though, when I type I have time to think what I'm writting.

Haha I think they call that Acadian!

Post by **Weedguru Higher** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:50 am

Nah, acadians have this real strong accent and the language is more old world . I have trouble understanding them. Same for someobe who speaks France french.

Shwoot · Post by **Shwoot** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:00 am

Weedguru Higher wrote:Nah, acadians have this real strong accent and the language is more old world . I have trouble understanding them. Same for someobe who speaks France french.

Hah yeah like France french TV shows, they have really weird tones like they're in the middle of asking a question and they all of a sudden stop.

I was raised english, but brought up in a french environment (Fredricton N.B.) My Grandparents and their brothers and sisters always spoke french to me, and everybody at family reunions speaks french. I also took french immersion from grades 1 - 10. Now I only use it for numbers during regular english conversations cuz it sounds funny. I would speak french all the time if I had people to talk with, and a reason.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:13 am

Weedguru Higher wrote:French..well actually it's a toss up between french and english. I am sort of half and half . I'm not 100% fluent in either but pretty close mind ya. Had a life of partial french partial english school, some english at home, some french. Kinda confusing.

Exact same for me! but when I stopped talking to my parents around 14, went to a more english high school, and started hanging around with my more english friends..I kinda lost my french. But ohhh I'm practicing my ass off to get ready for living in Montreal. I went there recently and found myself very frustrated just trying to give my order to a waitress. I guess I need more practice! I've got my bescherelle (if you've been in french class, you know what that is!) and I'm taking a french course in September. Just to perfect my grammar...so many DAMN rules in french!! ARGH féminin et masculin can go to hell...

I never speak frenglish though! Fuck that! Well, only if I forget the word mid-sentence..which is embarassing. AHHH I can't wait for quebec

Shwoot wrote:My Grandparents and their brothers and sisters always spoke french to me, and everybody at family reunions speaks french. I also took french immersion from grades 1 - 10. Now I only use it for numbers during regular english conversations cuz it sounds funny. I would speak french all the time if I had people to talk with, and a reason.

whoa crazy, exact same.

WidespreadDead · Post by **WidespreadDead** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:14 am

nah i was brought up on 100% english but ive been learning french for a while cause i plan on moving to canada when i graduate

Shwoot · Post by **Shwoot** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:16 am

WidespreadDead wrote:nah i was brought up on 100% english but ive been learning french for a while cause i plan on moving to canada when i graduate

Any idea where abouts in Canada you plan to go? Alberta seems to be the hot spot.

WidespreadDead · Post by **WidespreadDead** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:38 am

British Coloumbia. been going there every year all my life. My plan is getting a job as a snowboard instructor at whistler since I get certified as an instructor when I turn 16

auto · Post by **auto** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:39 am

Shwoot wrote:
WidespreadDead wrote:nah i was brought up on 100% english but ive been learning french for a while cause i plan on moving to canada when i graduate
Any idea where abouts in Canada you plan to go? Alberta seems to be the hot spot.

Shwoot.... Last summer my family brought me to PEI for a weeklong bike trip.... Uhhh I remember like Halifax, Charlottetown, Anne of Green Gables, n some other places.... it looked all nice, but it rained like everyday.

As for the actual topic.... I live in upstate NY so everyone speaks english.... but my sister lived in Chilé for a year... so we talk in spanish. So I'm fluent in both.

Shwoot · Post by **Shwoot** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:42 am

Halifax is in Nova Scotia actually, close though. Maybe you stopped there or a flight landed there?

auto · Post by **auto** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:54 am

Shwoot wrote:Halifax is in Nova Scotia actually, close though. Maybe you stopped there or a flight landed there?

Flew from US to Halifax to Charlottetown in a day... I should have figured they were in different provinces... I'll never fully understand those.

mac dre · Post by **mac dre** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:58 am

english.

edit > i know alot of e.i.'s so i know a bit of punjabi too.. just common used words (dirty, pussy, white boy, grandma, mom, bitch, etc etc)

lol

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