[Suntory_Times]

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Originally Posted by cyberidd /img/forum/go_quote.gif Canadian english

Isn't that classified as british english, if not what differences are there?

 

[logwed]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times /img/forum/go_quote.gif Isn't that classified as british english, if not what differences are there?

'aye.' ever watch south park? they make fun of the differences all of the time

 

[frozenice]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times /img/forum/go_quote.gif Isn't that classified as british english, if not what differences are there?

Canadian English contains 20% more sarcasm, 20% American English and 10% of the words are derived from French sources (eh!).

 

[fungus amongus]

None of the above

 

[MCC]

English. I took a couple years of Spanish in high school but I wish I had taken Japanese or Russian instead, since I would have at least taken an interest in either of those and actually learned something. I instead chose to attempt Spanish since it's "more useful" but ended up dropping it after 2 years as a consequence of my inattention and uninterest in the language.

My boredom with Spanish probably stems from having to take that language in grades 1-6. I didn't learn much in those years but the HS classes seemed old and repetitive nonetheless when I got to them.

Anyways, I don't think foreign languages should be taught at the elementary level as a result of my experience.

 

[opipi0404]

Chinese+Taiwanese!! Then English. Now Japanese. Woot!

 

[Stevesebastianb]

Mother tongue - English, as a second language Chinese (I am told that my Cantonese is word perfect and I understand Shanghainese and Mandarin dialects fairly well).

 

[cyberidd]

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Originally Posted by MCC /img/forum/go_quote.gif English. I took a couple years of Spanish in high school but I wish I had taken Japanese or Russian instead, since I would have at least taken an interest in either of those and actually learned something. I instead chose to attempt Spanish since it's "more useful" but ended up dropping it after 2 years as a consequence of my inattention and uninterest in the language. My boredom with Spanish probably stems from having to take that language in grades 1-6. I didn't learn much in those years but the HS classes seemed old and repetitive nonetheless when I got to them. Anyways, I don't think foreign languages should be taught at the elementary level as a result of my experience.

I was in a french immersion
school when I was a kid (admittedly not a foreign language in Canada, but still not the most spoken in the province of Manitoba), and that made me love the language so much that I actively try to find opportunities to speak it. I even
lived in the french-speaking province of Quebec for a while working at a french elementary school (speaking in french only of course). Learning new languages is not for everyone, but I don't think they should remove foreign languages from schools.

 

[mrarroyo]

Spanish, followed by English, and French as a distant 3rd.

 

[apatN]

Dutch.
BTW I believe there was already a 'your language' topic.

 

[Bengt77]

Inget av ovanstående.
Geen van bovenstaande.

 

[earthpeople]

I actually learned English and Taiwanese at about the same time, a little bit of Mandarin too. But I voted English since I live in America most of the time. On another note, I've taken French and Japanese in high school and running start, respectively. I'd like to learn Russian sometime.

 

[yukihiro]

I speak American English. I guess more specifically southern California English. Yup...

 

[NightOwl]

English (from my father), Spanish (from my mother), French (from where I grew up), German (from my wife). I would probably have to pick English since I've used that most, although I did speak Spanish first.

 

[guyx1992]

None of the Above.
Hebrew FTW