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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6517 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 25 of 27 10 May 2011 at 2:12am | IP Logged |
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I generally feel comfortable speaking, thinking and writing in English. And if the subject is language learning or African fauna then English may even feel more comfortable than my native Danish.
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| dragon32 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4768 days ago 12 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English* | Message 26 of 27 10 May 2011 at 4:30pm | IP Logged |
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Interesting how several Scandanavians and Dutch people are saying that they are just as comfortable using English as their native tongue. I guess this has something to do with starting their English lessons at a very early age and being heavily exposed to the language through the media and education system as they grow up. Also, English plays a major role in university courses in these lands and is basically demanded by society as a way of getting on, much less so in the likes of Germany and France I would think.
I have spent a lot of time in Germany and can use the language in almost any situation over there. But I would never say that I'm as confident in German as what I would be in English. I never think in German unless I'm having a German conversation, even then it's considerably more work than speaking English...which comes naturally. Maybe the fact that I didn't learn any German until I was an adult makes it firmly a second language in my mind. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5040 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 27 of 27 13 May 2011 at 2:34pm | IP Logged |
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My only problem is vocabulary (or lack thereof), which of course ranges from almost nil in most recent languages to roughly equivalent to native-level, depending on the area. (I don't think I'll ever find an area that I can become proficient in, in a 'new' language, without 'upgrading' my older ones in the process. We'll see :)
As long as I can understand what is being said, and more importantly, I can say everything I want to say, using another language doesn't feel uncomfortable at all. My Russian friends were quite shocked when they found out I actually could do some chit chat 'like he has been speaking Russian all of his life' :) The down side is I'm not really beyond the performing monkey level, so it's usually two short sentences and I have to revert back to Spanish. But it was great fun the first time :) However, I deem noteworthy that feeling equally comfortable in any language, I still might need a few seconds to re-tune my ears if an unexpected language comes along. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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