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| mrhenrik Triglot Moderator Norway Joined 6079 days ago 482 posts - 658 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, French Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 21 18 April 2010 at 6:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'd swap English for Japanese and Norwegian for French. Re-learning English and Norwegian
shouldn't be a big problem, at least not with English. This is disregarding my "connections" with the languages though, I wouldn't give up Norwegian for anything - and I love English. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lichtrausch Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5960 days ago 525 posts - 1072 votes Speaks: English*, German, Japanese Studies: Korean, Mandarin | Message 10 of 21 18 April 2010 at 7:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I wouldn't swap anything. I would very much like to speak Korean and Chinese at a high level, but I think I will achieve it over the next decade anyway without breaking my back...at least Korean anyway. So hopefully no need for swaps.
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| lynxrunner Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States crittercryptics.com Joined 5922 days ago 361 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Swedish, Haitian Creole | Message 11 of 21 19 April 2010 at 3:42am | IP Logged | |||||
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Swap French with Russian. French is easily relearned due to the huge similarity with
Spanish and English. Ha ha, swap English, yeah right. I'm lucky enough to speak English natively. There is no other language in the world I'd trade English for, no matter how much I like it. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ANK47 Triglot Senior Member United States thearabicstudent.blo Joined 7097 days ago 188 posts - 259 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (classical) | Message 12 of 21 19 April 2010 at 3:49am | IP Logged | |||||
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Most people seem to want to swap English for something else. We seem to be ignoring that English is the most useful language in the world. The grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence. The only language that it might make sense to trade English for would be Chinese. Still, I'll keep my English and my Arabic.
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| lichtrausch Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5960 days ago 525 posts - 1072 votes Speaks: English*, German, Japanese Studies: Korean, Mandarin | Message 13 of 21 19 April 2010 at 4:58am | IP Logged | |||||
It would make sense to swap English if you consider that the environment for learning English is better than for any other language e.g. regarding learning materials, classes, number of people to speak to, etc. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Saif Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5612 days ago 122 posts - 208 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Levantine)*, French | Message 14 of 21 19 April 2010 at 6:10am | IP Logged | |||||
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I would not swap English and Arabic for other languages. I would lose too many cultural
insights within the languages. That seems to be a factor people are not taking into consideration. You'd be losing all the idioms, national/cultural expressions, and social lingo associated with your country and/or culture. I also would not trade in my German because I spent too much time and money (25 credit hours in college) learning it the first time. But I would swap French and Spanish for Mandarin and Russian. Re-learning French and Spanish would not take nearly as long as learning Mandarin and Russian. Edited by Saif on 19 April 2010 at 6:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 15 of 21 19 April 2010 at 10:36am | IP Logged | |||||
I love English too, and am very grateful to have it as a native language. It's bestowed so many wonderful experiences in my life, and I wouldn't swap it for anything either. Sometimes I forget this, thanks for reminding me. :) Edited by Teango on 19 April 2010 at 10:37am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hvorki_ne Groupie Joined 5386 days ago 72 posts - 79 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic | Message 16 of 21 19 April 2010 at 11:53am | IP Logged | |||||
I'd like to swap English for Icelandic... but I know that'd be incredibly foolish. English is, sadly, more useful. Of course, being completely immersed and with people who'd be fine to correct my grammar... I could probably relearn English pretty quickly...
I dislike English. I'm glad it's by native language because I can't imagine having to learn it nad it's so gosh darned useful- but I really don't like it. The only reason I'm grateful to know it is because it's a more or less international language in a way that no other language is- but I think if I could go the rest of my life never needing English, I'd be happy. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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