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First language poll

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Caradhras, Nov 18, 2009.

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What is your first language?

  1. Chinese (Mandarin Cantonese/Yue Wu)

    2 vote(s)
    4.1%

  2. Spanish

    1 vote(s)
    2.0%

  3. English

    18 vote(s)
    36.7%

  4. Hindi/Urdu Punjabi Bengali Gujarati

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Arabic

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  6. Portuguese

    1 vote(s)
    2.0%

  7. Russian

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. Japanese

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. German

    3 vote(s)
    6.1%

  10. Korean

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  11. French

    3 vote(s)
    6.1%

  12. Vietnamese

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  13. Italian

    1 vote(s)
    2.0%

  14. Persian Farsi

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  15. Turkish

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  16. Polish

    1 vote(s)
    2.0%

  17. Ukrainian

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  18. Dutch

    2 vote(s)
    4.1%

  19. Slovenian or Serbo-Croatian

    2 vote(s)
    4.1%

  20. Hungarian

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  21. Greek

    1 vote(s)
    2.0%

  22. Czech

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  23. Hebrew

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  24. Swedish

    2 vote(s)
    4.1%

  25. Bulgarian

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  26. Danish

    2 vote(s)
    4.1%

  27. Finnish

    6 vote(s)
    12.2%

  28. Slovak

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  29. Norwegian

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  30. Other (please post)

    4 vote(s)
    8.2%
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  1. Caradhras

    Caradhras I may be bad... but I feel gooood! Veteran

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    That is good news Tal! I had a very large number of languages listed so I had to settle (reluctantly) for the European bias and group some languages together.

    Still the only French native speaker. :(
     
    Caradhras, Nov 18, 2009
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  2. Susipaisti

    Susipaisti Maybe if I just sleep... Veteran

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    Finnish here.
     
    Susipaisti, Nov 18, 2009
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  3. Morgoth

    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    There's no real need, they have been nice for a while now :p
     
    Morgoth, Nov 18, 2009
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  4. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    Unfortunately I happen to live in a French speaking province, so I was raised in French. I have a very strong preference for English, though.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Nov 19, 2009
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  5. Chandos the Red

    Chandos the Red This Wheel's on Fire

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    English, the language of Shakespheare (sort of :)). I'm only second generation, so there was still some German spoken in our household, but only by my mom and both her parents. I continued on for a while, and took German in both HS and college, along with some Spanish (just one year of Spanish in college). I always wanted to learn either French or Italian, but could not find the time (Italian was never offered). But in medieval studies, French was the language of choice.

    I did have to learn some Middle English for a Chaucer class. What pain that was.
     
    Chandos the Red, Nov 19, 2009
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  6. Caradhras

    Caradhras I may be bad... but I feel gooood! Veteran

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    I feel your pain. ;)

    Still, I'm glad I was starting to feel a little bit isolated as a French speaker. :p

    I have a deep rooted fascination and interest for the English language but I'm glad I was raised as a French speaker. French is really a hard language to master. Many things about it don't make much sense when you try to explain them.

    I love Shakespeare and I had to study both the Bard and Chaucer at university. I didn't find Middle English that hard thanks to my limited German and my knowledge of French. You can really tell the influence of French in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Other texts in Middle English were much harder. I took some Old English but it was like studying a completely different language. Still, I really enjoyed taking these classes.
     
    Caradhras, Nov 19, 2009
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  7. Saber

    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    Goddamn, that Danish looks tasty.
     
    Saber, Nov 19, 2009
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  8. Faye

    Faye Life is funny. Veteran

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    Cantonese or Malay.
     
    Faye, Nov 19, 2009
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  9. Aldeth the Foppish Idiot

    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot Armed with My Mallet O' Thinking Veteran

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    Which kind of proves my point. I cannot even correctly spell German in German.
     
    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot, Nov 19, 2009
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  10. Maurolava

    Maurolava Neither to go back, nor to take impulse Veteran

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    Español es mi primer idioma. :)

    Spanish is my first language
     
    Maurolava, Nov 20, 2009
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  11. Triactus

    Triactus United we stand, divided we fall Veteran

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    Damn, Caradhras! I didn't even know you spoke french. Where are you from? But we're three now! Yay!

    And unlike DotW, I like speaking french very much.... :p
     
    Triactus, Nov 22, 2009
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  12. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    When I was in France last week I got a lot of mileage out of 'Pardon, Jai non parlez Francais' Not even sure if it was right but people seemed to appreciate the effort. I should have got a few tips from you guys!
     
    Silvery, Nov 22, 2009
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  13. Triactus

    Triactus United we stand, divided we fall Veteran

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    Actually, it's "Pardon, je ne parle pas français.", but we do appreciate the effort... :)
     
    Triactus, Nov 23, 2009
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  14. Caradhras

    Caradhras I may be bad... but I feel gooood! Veteran

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    Much appreciated indeed. I ran into British tourists the other day and they were asking about the cathedral in French, I replied in English but they insisted on speaking French. At least I knew they got the direction right. :)

    @Triactus: 3 is a pretty good number, we're back in the race! At the very least we're toe to toe with the German speaking minority. ;)

    I'm actually from France. I grew up near the Alps but I live in Lyon (Lyons in English, Lugdunum in Latin) namely the second largest city and the capital of French gastronomy.

    [​IMG]

    Frog legs taste good indeed! :lol:
     
    Caradhras, Nov 23, 2009
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  15. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    I always make an effort to learn please and thank you in the language of the country I'm going to. If possible, I make the effort to learn how to say I don't speak the language. It's just rude if you don't! I hate those people (generally us Brits) who think that if you just speak louder and slower people will understand you!
     
    Silvery, Nov 23, 2009
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  16. Triactus

    Triactus United we stand, divided we fall Veteran

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    Yes, like the holy trinity... :lol:
     
    Triactus, Nov 23, 2009
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  17. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    Here we go again... you preachy do-goody.

    As for speaking the language of the place one goes to... I had absolutely no problem blending in with Americans, and was even asked for directions by tourists, which was ironic.

    As for liking to speak French... good for you, but I would speak English 24/7/365 if I could.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Nov 24, 2009
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  18. Saber

    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    Do you have a non-American accent at all, DotW?
     
    Saber, Nov 24, 2009
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  19. Merlanni

    Merlanni Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Dutch. Being a Dutchman my options are limited. There are a few of us here. So far only one has made time to fill in the Poll. This lack of effort bothers me.
     
    Merlanni, Nov 24, 2009
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  20. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    I've got a slight French accent when speaking English, but I was told that since that weekend in NYC, the accent is barely noticeable.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Nov 24, 2009
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