Is English your first language?

[elperromagico]

Poll question: Is English your first language?

[Fenris]

1. Jawohl.

[cheezus]

5. Ich hab' Englisch gern gesproechen

Aber Deutsch ist auch sehr gut, ja? Ich habe nur ein Spach als Junger gelernt. Dann hab ich Deutsch studierien, aber sprech ich doch nicht. Jetzt ist es fuer mich schlect, veil ich niemand mit zu sprechen. :(

[elperromagico]

6. Gesundheit. n/t

[cheezus]

7. danke!

deiner Post war sehr lustig!

[Misunderestimator]

18. You can speak with me... it's been some years, but I lived in Germany

for a year... at the time, my Deutsch wasn't so bad.

[LiberalEsto]

2. Estonian

Born in Brooklyn, NY. Spoke only Estonian until I was 5. Learned English when I started school.

[Nicholas_J]

9. Geeze

I keep wondering how Estonians lear to speak the language. Like Finnish and Hungarian, they are some sort of complex languages.

[LiberalEsto]

20. Estonian's not hard

if you learn it from infancy. Same with every other language.

There is only one way to pronounce each letter of the alphabet in Estonian, so learning to read is much easier for us than it is for English speakers.

But I do know some Estonian-Americans who have taught their non-Esto spouses to speak fairly fluent Estonian, so learning it as an adult is not impossible.

[Nicholas_J]

25. I play an estonian folk instrument

a type of zither played by the finns ,estonians, and a lot of other cultures in the region, and trying to research on old estonian folk music and poetry for that instrument has left me with a great deal of eye strain. I am hoping to visit the baltics in the next year or so, as I would ,like to see Latvia, Lithuanian and Estonia if I could. A lot of astronomical discoveries were made in the 19th century at Tartu University, with telescopes made by a rather famous American telescope makers, so I would like to visit the observatory there, as well. A lot of European history was made in the baltics, yet little is known about these small nations.

[Jim Sagle]

3. Yup yup yup. I ain't no golldang furriner.

;-)

[elperromagico]

4. I ain't gonna talk to you.

I ain't gonna talk to nobody who don't use no proper grammar!

[ChickMagic]

8. Yeah, buddy!

Don't they know the Kang's Anglish? I actually think gibberish was my first language.

[Magrittes Pipe]

10. Eyemay amilyfay isay Igpay Atinlay.

[ChickMagic]

11. I get it

You are imitating the Chimp King. He's a pig! And he knows that in Latin America they speak Latin!

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. Ouyay areay azycray.

[ChickMagic]

15. I beg your ardonpay!

:silly:

[Magrittes Pipe]

17. Speak English, furriner.

[ChickMagic]

19. I speak the Kang's Anglish!

I grew up speaking of po-leece sireens, warshing and wrenching the dishes, going to the THE-ater, you name it. All was laundry soap as well as cookin all. Ah'm much better now.

[eleny]

13. Lithuanian was my first language

Although I was born in the USA and so was mom, the folks and grands always spoke Lithuanian. They started teaching me English after I turned 4 or so. I started first grade at 6. Guess I had a crash course!

[trof]

14. Yes. And I'm getting better at it all the time.

;-)

[Padraig18]

16. It is now, although it wasn't, at one time.

We spoke Gaelic at home, although we learned and spoke English too, of course.

[LiberalEsto]

21. George Dubya STILL doesn't speak English

and his first language is unknown.

[elperromagico]

23. His first language is Newspeak.

Everybody ought to know that by now. ;)

[Swamp Rat]

22. Yes, eventhough I'm from New Orleans

[BlackVelvetElvis]

24. English is my only language.

I wasn't required to take a foreign language back in the early 80's. Now, at 37, I will be taking my first foreign language...Spanish, in the fall.
My high school didn't ask too much of me, did they?

[TrogL]

26. FORTRAN

Later COBOL, BASIC, 380ASSEMBLER, PASCAL, PERL, C

[JohnKleeb]

27. Yeah