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Was English your first language?

Yes, English was my first language. Everyone always has their doubts about me having English as my first language or the possibility that I would have speech problems when I'm older--because, my Dad was born in Italy and everyone thought that if he spoke with an accent to me...I wouldn't be able to pick up the proper pronunciation. Well, my Dad doesn't really have an accent and you wouldn't even notice it unless you listened carefully on some words. People are wrong...! >_< *shakes fist*
 
English is my first and only language. It's all I know. I don't know any of my background languages, Maltese and Italian. Well, I shouldn't say that. Lots of my favourite Italin foods can be said in an Italian accent. Hehe...

The only language I'm interested in learning is Japanese. That way I can be fluent in Old and Modern Hylian. But I don't think that's a good enough reason to pay for lessons.
 
My first language was English, but I hope to be fluent in many more languages when I'm older. French is mandatory in Canada for many grades, and mandatory in Ontario until grade 9. I'm still going to continue it throughout high school, though, since I love the language. ^_^; It's so easy for me. o_O; (I'm getting 94 in it in school~) I'm also learning Japanese, although classes have ended for this year. I'm continuing next year, and the year after. @_@ I think that's the last level of lessons, though, since I apparently skipped the grade 9 level and took grade 10 Japanese or something. XD (*got 99% in that* ;p) But... meh. x.o; My speech could use a little work, since I normally say things a little slower when making them up on the spot as I don't want to make stupid mistakes and say something that doesn't make sense. x.x;

I also want to learn some form of Chinese, Korean, Arabic, and possibly Portugese, Spanish and another language which I've forgotten at the moment. o_O;; Lmao, I usually laugh when I reply to these kinds of topics because it must seem so weird to have a white person speaking foreign languages. XD (That's what all my relatives tell me about taking Japanese when they visit. @_@)

T89 - =X You should take the Japanese lessons for the credit! There's only a $25 course fee which is typical for most things. (It applies for things like all the photocopies and stuff.) :3
 
Out of curiosity Lightning, why do you want to learn so many languages? Do you want to get into some language based career if you don't get into animation (<- the only way I can see that happening is if you choose not to go into animation, you're not going to be rejected because your drawings are fantastic).

But Zelda is pretty much the only reason I need Japanese. I want to create a computer animated Zelda movie franchise (sketches to start this summer) and me knowing Hylian would definatly be a plus. "You should take the Japanese lessons for the credit!" ? Like school credit? For the time being I'm only doing what's needed, which Japanese isn't. Plus, I have enough problems with French, I can just immagine how I would do with Japanese. At least the French have English letters! Or maybe I'll actually try since I want to learn it. And I've rambeled on long enough for now...
 
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Wow, that's interesting...I'd never really wondered before if there was any correlation between the Hylian symbols and any other languages...
 
Lol, I may not want to be an animator after all. ^_^; I'd have to have all these annoying deadlines and I'm a perfectionist/slow-drawer/procrastinator so... >_>;; They'd probably fire me out of frustration. XD So.. yeah. o_o; I'm extremely good with reading and writing in other languages (okay, so in 2 other languages, but good enough!), so I think having a job translating manga or anime or something might be pretty fun. :3

T89 - You really should take Japanese. Bug your parents about it or something. You get the full credit and you become fluent in Hylian at the same time. (Although, it'd probably be best if you only explained the first half of that when asking if you can take 'em. XD)

CK - ^_^ The coolest part of that is how the Hylian slightly resembles the Japanese katakana lettering system. :3 It's not obvious at first, but it does~
 
Definately not, I didnt learn English til I was like 4... Portuguese and Spanish are my first languages. English didnt come til i was in school in Portugal, and when I was 6 I came to America, thus, me having full knowledge of English
 
Yeah English was my first language. I am kinda tri-lingual though. I grew up listening to Italian so I can understand it almost perfectly when I want to. Actually I understand more of the Sicilian dilalect but I suppose I could understand other dialects too. In 4th-6th grades I took Italian classes after school. Unfortunately we danced and sang more than we learned. So I can undrstand and sing in Italian... today in bio my friend got the song that I used to sing a solo for, Volare, stuck in my head! Volare, oh-oh, Cantare, oh-oh-oh-oh! I don't remember much more of it though!

I also take Spanish in school. I kinda grew up hearing it too because my grandmother's brother's wife is Spanish. Well, she's from Venezuela so it's probably a different dialect like the whole Sicilian thing but close enough. I'm currently finishing up Spanish III even though it's my 4th year. 7th and 8th grade count as one year. I never thought I'd pass Spanish III though... but I am.
 
snowangel3181988 said:
Yeah English was my first language. I am kinda tri-lingual though. I grew up listening to Italian so I can understand it almost perfectly when I want to. Actually I understand more of the Sicilian dilalect but I suppose I could understand other dialects too. In 4th-6th grades I took Italian classes after school. Unfortunately we danced and sang more than we learned. So I can undrstand and sing in Italian... today in bio my friend got the song that I used to sing a solo for, Volare, stuck in my head! Volare, oh-oh, Cantare, oh-oh-oh-oh! I don't remember much more of it though!

I also take Spanish in school. I kinda grew up hearing it too because my grandmother's brother's wife is Spanish. Well, she's from Venezuela so it's probably a different dialect like the whole Sicilian thing but close enough. I'm currently finishing up Spanish III even though it's my 4th year. 7th and 8th grade count as one year. I never thought I'd pass Spanish III though... but I am.
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My Mother, as weird as it sounds, learned English from Techno songs...scary huh. I learned English from songs too...Not Techno though, those little Kindergartener songs.
 
The only french I remember from when I was in french class in 8th grade is from a song...Alouette scarred me for life...the teacher forced us to sing it even though it was a little childrens' song (which is pretty disturbing, after all the song roughly translated talks about someone pulling a bird apart bit by bit)

I'm just glad I haven't had to sing any songs in spanish...foreign language classes need to have some level of dignity to them so that I can learn them correctly...
 
Dizzy said:
My Mother, as weird as it sounds, learned English from Techno songs...scary huh. I learned English from songs too...Not Techno though, those little Kindergartener songs.
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I'm not quite sure why you quoted me but okay! Techno songs? Interesting way to learn English. I don't actually know how my mom learned English. Her first language was Italian of course. I'm guessing she learned it when she started school. That must've been hard though. But there was a high Italian population in Hartford at the time so a lot of people probably didn't speak English (and most people there still don't speak English). I don't know how my grandmother learned English though... she was actually born in Sicily and lived there until right before she had my mom. I'm guessing she learned it through my mom and her sister... but I don't know...
 
It always surprises me how the children of immigrants can have no trace of an accent...I've always thought that since their parents both have accents, they would learn english and speak it the way their parents spoke it...I wonder why that is? Stuff dealing with linguistics fascinates me :P
 
How come I have an accent then? It's not a heavy one, but it's still an Accent. The Funny thing is my mother doesnt have an Accent! It's scary because she isnt even from America....but then again neither am I.
 
Ahh...well yeah, some children of people who don't have english as their first language do have a bit of an accent, so I suppose I should rephrase what I was saying earlier...I just meant that it's interesting how quickly their children become accustomed to the regular english/american accent as opposed to their parents and family.

Not that accents are a bad thing, of course not, I rather enjoy the different versions of english I hear. Most people can speak more english than I can speak any other language...they are to be commended for their dedication to their second language...
 
Chairman Kaga said:
It always surprises me how the children of immigrants can have no trace of an accent...I've always thought that since their parents both have accents, they would learn english and speak it the way their parents spoke it...I wonder why that is? Stuff dealing with linguistics fascinates me :P
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My mom's first language isn't English and she has no accent at all. Well not an Italian one. Until she speaks Italian of course... then she sounds like she only speaks Italian. Probably since she learned English as a child and grew out of her accent. My grandmother has one though... but she would've learned English later in life anyway. I don't have an accent though...
 
Yeah, I think the earlier you learn it the less accent you develop...like when I was young, I knew a few words in spanish and could pronounce them perfectly (all I knew was 1-10 and yes and no I think) but all the other words I've learned in the past year I have a horrible time trying to sound spanish when I say them...I come off sounding more scottish actually...it's more ingrained in your mind the younger you are so I think it becomes second instinct, but now that I didn't learn it as a child I have to think about every word before I say it...
 
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