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| bela_lugosi Hexaglot Senior Member Finland Joined 6454 days ago 272 posts - 376 votes  Speaks: English, Finnish*, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish Studies: Russian, Estonian, Sámi, Latin | Message 17 of 25 10 December 2012 at 2:41am | IP Logged | ||
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I often talk to myself in all the languages I can speak. It rarely happens outside my home because I'm a wuss and do not want to appear any more eccentric than what I already am... ;) When I talk to cats or dogs I mostly use English, though.
My study mates probably find it weird that I speak Italian to a half Tunisian woman who attends the same classes with me and she answers in French! But having someone to talk to is not that weird even if we speak two different languages and can still understand each other... I used to do the same thing in high school, too. Everybody there spoke both Finnish and English, so we used both languages in everyday speech, even in the middle of a single sentence. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4665 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 18 of 25 13 December 2012 at 5:28am | IP Logged | ||
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Only when strangers overhear me. :-)
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| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4444 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 19 of 25 13 December 2012 at 9:24am | IP Logged | ||
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My strong languages are Chinese & English and switch easily between the 2. The other members of the
family are not into foreign languages. My grandparents are both fluent in Spanish but we never picked it up. In this day and age it is getting common for people to be fluent in many languages. In my part of the world we have people from all over. In the workplace you may find E. Indians, Africans and Chinese working together. In my school days I listened to Western Classical music when everybody else in school are going for the popular Rock n' Roll. Didn't find that a problem... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| osoymar Tetraglot Pro Member United States Joined 4736 days ago 190 posts - 344 votes Speaks: English*, German, Portuguese, Japanese Studies: Spanish, French Personal Language Map | Message 20 of 25 14 December 2012 at 1:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Hmm... Yeah, sometimes when I'm shadowing Assimil French in between doing squats and
power cleans at the gym at 6 in the morning, I stop and reflect on the fact that I'm pretty weird. Luckily I live in L.A., and you never have to go far to find someone weirder than you here. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5334 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 21 of 25 04 January 2013 at 8:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, and to add to the weirdness, I know have 7 Norwegian girls in my kitchen, and they are all speaking
English to each other. With an American accent. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5130 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 22 of 25 04 January 2013 at 8:33pm | IP Logged | ||
I always spoke to my dog in English too. But I went on a two week vacation and left the dog with a native Spanish speaker to care for him. When I came back he could respond to commands in Spanish. He still responded to English as well. I was kind of proud I ended up with a minimally bilingual dog. R. == 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5262 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 23 of 25 04 January 2013 at 8:54pm | IP Logged | ||
Remember he had to learn your language too and he still "speaks" canine. Don't you mean trilingual! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5130 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 24 of 25 04 January 2013 at 8:59pm | IP Logged | ||
Believe me, once I found out he could respond to both Spanish and English, I tried to add Italian into the mix. He wasn't having it. He'd reached his limit. It was only 5 or 6 commands, but I still thought it was pretty cool. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 04 January 2013 at 8:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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