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| cosmix |
| ..and much easeir than estonian :D |
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| ForgottenLegacy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sir. Lunchalot
Ich glaube, dass mein Deutsch gut ist, aber es war besser als ich klein war.;) |
Danke Sir. Lunchalot ;) |
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| jlosada |
| Here in Spain, English is started to learn when children are 8 years. Also they learn to speak catalan, basque, etc; but it depends where they are from. |
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| Spad |
I just picked it up when I was a baby. Easy really.
Oh and prox... English in prohibited in secondary school? :)
* remembers he can't speak Dutch and so shuts up *
Seriously though, I have a lot of respect for people who speak a second language. I think the English are just ing lazy (the attitude is why bother learning another language when everybody speaks English anyway :(). |
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| Excite |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sir. Lunchalot
BTW: Someone said that only the younger germans speaks a litte bit english. Obviously this person has never been to Germany |
actually, i've been to kaislautern, weisbaden, rudesheim, koln, dusseldorf and bonn. :)
most of the younger (less than 30) people i spoke to in english could talk back. but most of the older people especially the ones over 40 didn't know what the hell i was saying. |
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| Gekhous |
| well.... over here in Holland we dont synchrosize foreign programs, we subtitle em... VERY good & eZ way to learn English... and its taught on school... |
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| ali92 |
| The thing I've been REALLY wondering about is why is there "American" English? I noticed that "UK/Euro/International" English is so much different from "American" English and it's the proper way to speak. My question is, WHY IS THERE AMERICAN ENGLISH? Americans seem to call "lorry" as "truck" and spell differently too! There are SO many differences between "American" English and "REAL" English. This only makes English as a whole harder to learn than ANY other language. Another thing: Why "ZEE" instead of "ZED"??? "ZED" is used MUCH more around the world than "ZEE" because ONLY in USA, "ZEE" is used. Here's something that also is weird: Why are there TWO different keyboard layouts for the SAME language: UK and US? That's so dumb because the same symbols are used everywhere ANY European and some Asian, like Malay, and Tagalog languages are used. I try to speak as "REAL" as possible but, over here in USA noone understands me because US English is SO different compared to "PROPER" English. |
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| hypronix |
no, dude, english ain't the ing official language in europe.
the thing is, U learn it in school. I, for one, am 16 and done 9 years of english in my life. and yeah, romanians DO speak english better than americans, it's a proven fact (but do U know were Romania is at least?)
anyway, just so U know.
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| hypronix |
| quote: | Originally posted by ali92
The thing I've been REALLY wondering about is why is there "American" English? I noticed that "UK/Euro/International" English is so much different from "American" English and it's the proper way to speak. My question is, WHY IS THERE AMERICAN ENGLISH? Americans seem to call "lorry" as "truck" and spell differently too! There are SO many differences between "American" English and "REAL" English. This only makes English as a whole harder to learn than ANY other language. Another thing: Why "ZEE" instead of "ZED"??? "ZED" is used MUCH more around the world than "ZEE" because ONLY in USA, "ZEE" is used. Here's something that also is weird: Why are there TWO different keyboard layouts for the SAME language: UK and US? That's so dumb because the same symbols are used everywhere ANY European and some Asian, like Malay, and Tagalog languages are used. I try to speak as "REAL" as possible but, over here in USA noone understands me because US English is SO different compared to "PROPER" English. |
I feel Ur pain. I try that too, but it's so goddamn hard. so many ppl say they hate UK english. but the americans always wanted their way. since 1776 till now, they try to be the top of the world. as a political nation they are; but with what price?
not flaming
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| ali92 |
| quote: | Originally posted by hypronix
I feel Ur pain. I try that too, but it's so goddamn hard. so many ppl say they hate UK english. but the americans always wanted their way. since 1776 till now, they try to be the top of the world. as a political nation they are; but with what price?
not flaming
hyp |
So, are you from USA or elsewhere? I heard that the reason why "American" English exists is for simplification but, why change whole WORDS and a letter of the alphabet just to simplify the language? I understand the spelling might be different in other countries than USA (Colour > Color, Organisation > Organization, Centre > Center) because Americans like to spell the way it SOUNDS but, if REAL English were inforced everywhere, then that "spelling that way it sounds" will diminish. So, who agrees here????? |
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| DarkTrance |
| quote: | Originally posted by hypronix
no, dude, english ain't the ing official language in europe.
the thing is, U learn it in school. I, for one, am 16 and done 9 years of english in my life. and yeah, romanians DO speak english better than americans, it's a proven fact (but do U know were Romania is at least?)
anyway, just so U know.
hyp |
u are so full of , there is no way in hell that Romanians can speak better english than Americans and how can that be a proven fact, there is no way to prove that, your just egotistical |
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| hypronix |
| quote: | Originally posted by DarkTrance
u are so full of , there is no way in hell that Romanians can speak better english than Americans and how can that be a proven fact, there is no way to prove that, your just egotistical |
easy w/ the adjectives please. so that it's all "cool", okay?
I live in Canada rite now, and I saw how ppl speak english around here too, and I've been to US also. the thing with speaking better was a test some one or two years ago and it was on average of the population. and I was reffering to the real english - which is the one spoke in England by the english. so before U jump on my head, ask nicely.
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