What is your Native Language? - Page 4

GOZO · 03-24-06, 07:09 AM

Swedish as native lingo.

Speak English & German & some Danish too. (Grew up in "the occupied territories" of SkÃ¥ne known as Scania

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Cheers

Per

syneasthesia · 03-24-06, 08:24 AM

Dutch (native) and English (I live with 3 Polish and two Greek guys) for me!

JScones · 03-24-06, 09:08 AM

Hey, where's the Land of my Fathers????

I speak English, enough Welsh to just get by in North Wales, and enough Vietnamese to haggle that few extra dong off the price...

bsalyers · 03-24-06, 11:22 AM

I was born and grew up in Oklahoma, but here in what some call "occupied Mexico", it pays to have a smattering of Spanish.

And of course, in nearby Beverly Hills, they only speak "cash", a tongue with witch I am not familiar.

Keelbuster · 03-24-06, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tikigod

Language you say often most? curious I am.....me cracks it up when people confused get with english broken forum.....if bad it gets next we vote popular language. your language i didn't list please other select and tell.

Translation: What is your native language? just curious...cracks me up when people get confused with broken english on the forums....if it gets too bad we can switch to the next popular language. so vote! If I didn't list your language please select other and tell us what it is.

I love your sig. It's all out.

KB

DeepSix · 03-24-06, 02:48 PM

I speak the Queen's English with frequent lapses into Southern American Male. Haven't yet learned to speak female and can barely follow basic conversation in that tongue.

As a former English teacher, I am easily aggravated by correct poor spelling and grammar, but try to refrain from correcting it. (BTW - to all my fellow Southerners: I think it's spelled "y'all" not "ya'll" since it's a short form of "y(ou) all" not "ya all."

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Cheers, y'all.

Luuraja · 03-24-06, 03:49 PM

Wow what an interesting topic!

My native language is Estonian.
Btw, here the language is mother's and land, country is father's. 'Emakeel' (motherlanguage) and 'isamaa' (fatherland). And we have no difference of sex in language - no difference between 'he' and 'she'.

I can communicate in Russian much on same level - studied Russian since age 9 and came through Soviet Army (which was unexpectedly good experience). Speaking language is littlebit rusty (here's no person to speak with), but read-write is OK.

About English - I'm a product of Soviet school and all-around system. English was teached sketchy (briefly) since I was 12. But the 'evil western influences' did their:

& :rotfl:

Boris · 03-24-06, 06:37 PM

I speak German and Australian... If I speak German in Germany they think I'm from Hamburg, and Australians wouldn't have a clue I wasn't born here... so I can't really say which one's more native (I wasn't born in germany either).

Skweetis · 03-24-06, 07:15 PM

I am first and formost a native speaker of all dialects of the complex and almost lyrical language of "Drunkenese".

Since college, and the birth of my son however, I now predominantly speak English.

Once in a while I get to speak "Drunkenese" with old friends.

Fitz62STG · 03-25-06, 02:26 PM

Primarily English, but I slip into Sailorese quite often. In fact really have to watch when I go home on leave around my mother.

DeepSix · 03-25-06, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Fitz62STG

Primarily English, but I slip into Sailorese quite often. In fact really have to watch when I go home on leave around my mother.

LOL "Pass the f*ckin' potatos...."

X_Duster_X · 03-25-06, 11:38 PM

I only speak two languages, English and Bad English....

coronas · 03-26-06, 05:50 AM

Spanish......O si vuesas mercedes lo prefieren asÃ, el muy noble y antiguo idioma castellano.

jaxa · 03-26-06, 06:31 AM

It's not important what language we speak, because we speak about the same - the best uboot sim ever created.

It's about 60 years after 2nd WW and we can enjoy this game everybody - Allies or Axis. I'm Polish, probably the worst German's enemy nation during 2nd WW (except Russian), but now we (German, Polish and many other players) are one group - fans of SH3. Isn't it fantastic?

03-26-06, 09:44 AM

It never ceases to amaze me how well all you international chaps get along so well in English. I can't imagine how it would be if games came out in say,Russian or Chinese and we were then posting in a forum in those languages. I will never, ever give a non-english speaker a hard time in a forum for posting in broken English, just the fact that he or she has gone to the trouble of making the attempt in the first place fills me with admiration.

OTOH the English native speakers who butcher their language in writing sometimes will get on my nerves. The missuse of "your" and "you're" always irritates for example.

As a Canadian Eh!, I speak English with a little French on the side.

View Poll Results: What is your Native Language?
German	30	14.35%
English	84	40.19%
French	14	6.70%
Dutch	11	5.26%
Spanish	10	4.78%
Portuguese	4	1.91%
Polish	10	4.78%
Other	46	22.01%
Voters: 209. You may not vote on this poll

03-24-06, 07:09 AM	#46
GOZO Commander Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Linkoping, Sweden Posts: 479 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 0	Swedish as native lingo. Speak English & German & some Danish too. (Grew up in "the occupied territories" of SkÃ¥ne known as Scania ) Cheers Per __________________ SHIV:TMo 2.5, RSRD, SCAF OLC, Ralle's modpack SHIV: WDAD, Med Campaign SHIII: GWX3 GOLD, OLCII Gold, ACM-reloaded interface mod, SHIIIcmndr 3.2, Full Realism/DiD SHIII: LSH3 2015 Cold Waters with all bells and whistles Finally SHV but still unmodded and still a noob....

03-24-06, 02:48 PM	#51
DeepSix Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Music City Posts: 683 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I speak the Queen's English with frequent lapses into Southern American Male. Haven't yet learned to speak female and can barely follow basic conversation in that tongue. As a former English teacher, I am easily aggravated by correct poor spelling and grammar, but try to refrain from correcting it. (BTW - to all my fellow Southerners: I think it's spelled "y'all" not "ya'll" since it's a short form of "y(ou) all" not "ya all." ) Cheers, y'all. __________________ Jack's happy days will soon be gone, To return again, oh never! For they've raised his pay five cents a day, But they've stopped his grog forever. For tonight we'll merry, merry be, For tonight we'll merry, merry be, For tonight we'll merry, merry be, But tomorrow we'll be sober. - "Farewell to Grog"

03-24-06, 03:49 PM	#52
Luuraja Watch Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: A littlebit east of AO62 Posts: 28 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Wow what an interesting topic! My native language is Estonian. Btw, here the language is mother's and land, country is father's. 'Emakeel' (motherlanguage) and 'isamaa' (fatherland). And we have no difference of sex in language - no difference between 'he' and 'she'. I can communicate in Russian much on same level - studied Russian since age 9 and came through Soviet Army (which was unexpectedly good experience). Speaking language is littlebit rusty (here's no person to speak with), but read-write is OK. About English - I'm a product of Soviet school and all-around system. English was teached sketchy (briefly) since I was 12. But the 'evil western influences' did their: & :rotfl: __________________ Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. - Horatio Nelson

03-24-06, 07:15 PM	#54
Skweetis Watch Officer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Cambridge, Canada Posts: 335 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	I am first and formost a native speaker of all dialects of the complex and almost lyrical language of "Drunkenese". Since college, and the birth of my son however, I now predominantly speak English. Once in a while I get to speak "Drunkenese" with old friends. __________________ "Is the glass half-empty? Or half-full? Either way, when you're thirsty, there's water to be had in that glass." - Neal Stevens

03-24-06, 08:24 AM	#47
syneasthesia Nub Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dutch (native) and English (I live with 3 Polish and two Greek guys) for me!

03-24-06, 09:08 AM	#48
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Hey, where's the Land of my Fathers???? I speak English, enough Welsh to just get by in North Wales, and enough Vietnamese to haggle that few extra dong off the price...

03-24-06, 11:22 AM	#49
bsalyers Sparky Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 152 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	I was born and grew up in Oklahoma, but here in what some call "occupied Mexico", it pays to have a smattering of Spanish. And of course, in nearby Beverly Hills, they only speak "cash", a tongue with witch I am not familiar.

03-24-06, 06:37 PM	#53
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	I speak German and Australian... If I speak German in Germany they think I'm from Hamburg, and Australians wouldn't have a clue I wasn't born here... so I can't really say which one's more native (I wasn't born in germany either).

03-25-06, 02:26 PM	#55
Fitz62STG Seaman Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 34 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Primarily English, but I slip into Sailorese quite often. In fact really have to watch when I go home on leave around my mother. __________________ SAGIRE CLASSIS DESTRUCTUM

03-25-06, 11:38 PM	#57
X_Duster_X Watch Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I only speak two languages, English and Bad English....

03-26-06, 05:50 AM	#58
coronas Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Asturias, España Posts: 1,168 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Spanish......O si vuesas mercedes lo prefieren asÃ, el muy noble y antiguo idioma castellano.

03-26-06, 06:31 AM	#59
jaxa The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 1,501 Downloads: 418 Uploads: 0	It's not important what language we speak, because we speak about the same - the best uboot sim ever created. It's about 60 years after 2nd WW and we can enjoy this game everybody - Allies or Axis. I'm Polish, probably the worst German's enemy nation during 2nd WW (except Russian), but now we (German, Polish and many other players) are one group - fans of SH3. Isn't it fantastic? __________________ SHIII + GWX 3 Gold + V16B1 hardcode fixes + SH3Commander SHIV + OM + OMEGU SHV + WoS

03-26-06, 09:44 AM	#60
UBootMann Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It never ceases to amaze me how well all you international chaps get along so well in English. I can't imagine how it would be if games came out in say,Russian or Chinese and we were then posting in a forum in those languages. I will never, ever give a non-english speaker a hard time in a forum for posting in broken English, just the fact that he or she has gone to the trouble of making the attempt in the first place fills me with admiration. OTOH the English native speakers who butcher their language in writing sometimes will get on my nerves. The missuse of "your" and "you're" always irritates for example. As a Canadian Eh!, I speak English with a little French on the side.