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Meganium June 18th, 2013 7:43 AM

Born in Mexico, but when my parents emigrated to the states when I was just 9 months old, they both taught me English so they could prepare me for school. It was probably for the better. My mom couldn't speak English at the time, so it was extremely difficult for me to communicate with her since I knew English and only English at the time. Until I was 10 or so years old (probably younger), I was finally taught Spanish. The advantage was that we lived in a Spanish-speaking city, and listening to Spanish-speaking music helped a ton.

droomph June 18th, 2013 8:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor Leaf (Post 7704668)
My first language is Irish, laced with a little English but virtually none of it and definitely not enough to live in England on. I was actually born in Ireland in an area which, while it no longer had official status as one of the areas which spoke primarily Irish, the Gaeltachtaí, still had a good number of people speaking one of the two languages from an early age and learning the other as a second language later. Our family spoke primarily Irish, especially since originally my mum was from another area which spoke basically exclusively Irish, and as I moved to England at a fairly young age I ended up over here speaking... more or less not a single word of the language! Which was all very fun; you can imagine how my first day of school and whatnot went down when no-one spoke a word of my language and I didn't speak a word of theirs. d:

How things like this goes down in America.

Immigrant aka Razor Leaf: "jeg er ien ärelender" (or however that goes)
Student A: "I-O DO-O NOT-O SPEAK-O SPANISH-O"
Student B: "Look at that dumbass!"
Parent A: "oh no! It's an immigrant! It's probably illegal!" <- notice my use of "it" rather than "he/she"
Parent B: "We need to deport it immediately before it gets to the jobs!"
Me: "Weren't you guys not already using-"
Parents A&B: "OH CRAP ANOTHER IMMIGRANT"
--RL and I get deported immediately--

Honest June 18th, 2013 9:45 AM

Aw man, first day of school without being able to communicate? I'd probably have wet my pants before I made the teacher realize I wanted to use the bathroom. :I

Thinking back, I actually don't remember if I knew English in my first year of school. I'm petty sure I did, considering I'd hang around with a couple of the other kids, but I also knew Bengali off the top of my head. I have to ask my parents what happened.


And while I didn't see it, my friends said that MoS was indeed overhyped. I feel like they said that only cause we went ahead and saw the Purge instead. :O

Kura June 18th, 2013 10:11 AM

In a way, I agree with the whole.. it's easier to learn if you're living there. You're exposed to it every day, so if you WANT to learn, you're thrown in the deep end right there and you can push yourself to use it to the fullest extent.

Kanzler June 18th, 2013 8:01 PM

Hii! Happy here. Today needs a haiku!

again once again
looking at one another:
again, please, again!

Honest June 18th, 2013 8:37 PM

Blah, are you a poet.

Also, what's your name, if you don't mind me asking. Felt very awkward typing the first sentence.

droomph June 18th, 2013 8:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodex (Post 7705486)
Blah, are you a poet.

Also, what's your name, if you don't mind me asking. Felt very awkward typing the first sentence.

When I can't make a
good username, I tend to
degrade myself there.

Kanzler June 18th, 2013 8:56 PM

Word! I am John. John I am. Would you like green eggs and ham?

poet I am not
inspired though I am, by
the three fingered one

^-- this one turned out pretty well imo.

Honest June 18th, 2013 9:08 PM

This is a haiku
I don't know what to say next
Haha epic fail

I knew there was a reason I didn't take poetry in school....

droomph June 18th, 2013 9:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodex (Post 7705519)
This is a haiku
I don't know what to say next
Haha epic fail

I knew there was a reason I didn't take poetry in school....

Haikus are cool be-
cause you can say anything
as long as it fits

even if it cuts corners

Kanzler June 18th, 2013 9:26 PM

in the brief moment
a grasshopper flits away:
the haiku's beauty

Seki June 18th, 2013 9:35 PM

and for a moment
I don't really know what
is happening here

Kura June 19th, 2013 4:20 AM

meow meow meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow meow

My haiku is obviously best.

Blah today feels really long ._. Long days are so tiring....

Honest June 19th, 2013 4:24 AM

I dunno Kura, it was kinda repetitive. Kinda.

I literally just woke up, but I'm reallllly tired. Seems like the day couldn't get much slower lol

Seki June 19th, 2013 4:34 AM

i still get ignored
everytime i post in the
DCC indeed

Tsutarja June 19th, 2013 4:38 AM

I haven't written
a haiku in a long time
they're interesting

Mr Cat Dog June 19th, 2013 5:21 AM

I am bored at work
So I will write a haiku.
Wait, now it's over.

Honest June 19th, 2013 6:32 AM

This DCC will
close in exactly 2 days
already called dibbs.


Suckas. <3

Kanzler June 19th, 2013 7:33 AM

when you're near the end
do you fight to your last breath
or just let it be

Honest June 19th, 2013 8:02 AM

Since when did people
here in the Daily-Chit Chat
turn so poetic?

ANARCHit3cht June 19th, 2013 8:30 AM

Haiku is so lame
It is such a frickin' drag
Octopus Potato

.... As you can see, I'm not quite as poetic as the rest of you.

Kanzler June 19th, 2013 8:38 AM

oct'pus potato:
does it taste like calamar
or has it eight legs?

Nihilego June 19th, 2013 8:57 AM

why are we
all speaking in haiku
idgi

Quote:

Originally Posted by SNOR(es)LAX (Post 7705853)
i still get ignored
everytime i post in the
DCC indeed

Are you actually interacting with people? I think you'll find that, if you give people something direct to reply to by talking to them directly rather than just making general posts about your opinion and whatnot then you won't be ignored so much. Trust me when I say that no-one in this thread is on some kind of mission to make you feel left out. d:

The above applies to much of the DCC lately, actually. I feel that conversation as in people talking to people is at an all-time low and it's basically the equivalent of a constantly-changing OVP thread. Fix this in the next DCC, people?

droomph June 19th, 2013 9:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor Leaf (Post 7706083)
Are you actually interacting with people? I think you'll find that, if you give people something direct to reply to by talking to them directly rather than just making general posts about your opinion and whatnot then you won't be ignored so much. Trust me when I say that no-one in this thread is on some kind of mission to make you feel left out. d:

The above applies to much of the DCC lately, actually. I feel that conversation as in people talking to people is at an all-time low and it's basically the equivalent of a constantly-changing OVP thread. Fix this in the next DCC, people?

hey there razor leaf
you'd better speak in haiku
or else we ignore

Nihilego June 19th, 2013 9:11 AM

alas; my dcc-improving efforts
have failed spectacularly
fml


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