What is the word in English...

[William33 110]

I guess no VJ'ers are learning a foreign language?

More likely, apathy?....Nothing to complain about I guess...

[CountryBoy 0]

Mylene has some really unique words, but most times it is her sentence structure that cracks me up (the order of noun, verb, etc). She also says things that might not be considered proper in different situations; when she refers to someone using the bathroom she says, "wee wee" or "poo poo" ..

her th .. sounds like d .. (we worked out a word exercise to help with this one, "Look at those flowers over there.")

Also, she has some issues with gender in sentences .. when referring to a male she will often say, "She ...... " or when referring to a female she will say, "He ....."

These are some of the things that I have encountered thus far, but I am very proud of her! It is amazing how much better that her english is now than it was when we first met

I am far from being without fault, here are a couple of my screwed up words .. I am from the country, so keep in mind that I have alot of screwed up words .. lol

an example of what I might say if there are dark clouds in the sky "Wur sposed ta git some raaaaayn"

When referring to a creek I call it a crick, to top that one I live near Hurricane Creek .. the common pronunciation for this body of water in my neck of the woods is, "Haircun Crick" ..

Edited June 29, 2007 by CountryBoy

[Miss_USA 0]

I have a problem with rug and rock, when I say it it sounds exactly the same. Also shead and shade I can actually say it but always mixing it up...oh well, everybody still understands what I'm talking about:-)

[trueimage 0]

Mylene has some really unique words, but most times it is her sentence structure that cracks me up (the order of noun, verb, etc). She also says things that might not be considered proper in different situations; when she refers to someone using the bathroom she says, "wee wee" or "poo poo" ..

her th .. sounds like d .. (we worked out a word exercise to help with this one, "Look at those flowers over there.")

Also, she has some issues with gender in sentences .. when referring to a male she will often say, "She ...... " or when referring to a female she will say, "He ....."

These are some of the things that I have encountered thus far, but I am very proud of her! It is amazing how much better that her english is now than it was when we first met

I am far from being without fault, here are a couple of my screwed up words .. I am from the country, so keep in mind that I have alot of screwed up words .. lol

an example of what I might say if there are dark clouds in the sky "Wur sposed ta git some raaaaayn"

When referring to a creek I call it a crick, to top that one I live near Hurricane Creek .. the common pronunciation for this body of water in my neck of the woods is, "Haircun Crick" ..

OMG!!!!! I talk like you!!! lol It makes it very difficult for non-native English speakers to understand me. (Worked in Mexico) I would have to speak very slow and anunciate every syllable so that they could understand me. Sometimes I would just have to write it down. Once a month we had people from Michigan and Illinois come down and they were forever laughing at me. I never even knew I had an accent. I thought we Texans spoke properly and everyone else talked funny.

[SqdnGuns 21]

I guess no VJ'ers are learning a foreign language?

More likely, apathy?....Nothing to complain about I guess...

I'm am learning Thai and Khmer....OMG, I really screw up some words. Last time I was back in the village, I had all the locals rolling in laughter but they commended me for trying.

When I was living in Sweden, I learned Svenska but cannot speak it for the life of me. Give me an Aftonbladet and I can tell you what the articles say, just don't ask me to read it aloud.

My Tagalog is pretty bad too but I can usually pick up on what is being said. Most of what I learn though is enough to get me in trouble....

Edited June 29, 2007 by SqdnGuns

[William33 110]

I guess no VJ'ers are learning a foreign language?

More likely, apathy?....Nothing to complain about I guess...

I'm am learning Thai and Khmer....OMG, I really screw up some words. Last time I was back in the village, I had all the locals rolling in laughter but they commended me for trying.

When I was living in Sweden, I learned Svenska but cannot speak it for the life of me. Give me an Aftonbladet and I can tell you what the articles say, just don't ask me to read it aloud.

My Tagalog is pretty bad too but I can usually pick up on what is being said. Most of what I learn though is enough to get me in trouble....

That's what I am talking about. At least we are trying though...

Before we pick on the "new" English speakers, step up to their language first.. A new world indeed.

[Alex+R 0]

I don't think anyone was picking on new English speakers. In fact, the OP is not a native English speaker and I believe was inspired to start this thread from a discussion in another thread about English speakers. Meant to be a lighthearted type of thread, which I think it has been! And yeah you're right, I've said a bunch of stupid sh!t in Portuguese by accident...argh it's hard.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

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[William33 110]

I don't think anyone was picking on new English speakers. In fact, the OP is not a native English speaker and I believe was inspired to start this thread from a discussion in another thread about English speakers. Meant to be a lighthearted type of thread, which I think it has been! And yeah you're right, I've said a bunch of stupid sh!t in Portuguese by accident...argh it's hard.

Agreed. I am curious though, about USC experiences in speaking or attempting to speak/learn a foreign language.

Care to share some detail?

[SqdnGuns 21]

In Thai, you can say "suwayyyy maak maak" which means very beautiful, but if you shorten it, "suway maak maak", the means a lot of bad luck. First time I tried saying it, my fiancée's eye's bugged out and asked me why I was giving her bad luck.......LOlllllers Had to be there........

[no name 1]

I guess no VJ'ers are learning a foreign language?

More likely, apathy?....Nothing to complain about I guess...

My hubby might argue that I don't speak 'English'....

I would def learn my partner's language if it was not English.

[William33 110]

I guess no VJ'ers are learning a foreign language?

More likely, apathy?....Nothing to complain about I guess...

My hubby might argue that I don't speak 'English'....

I would def learn my partner's language if it was not English.

Hey Dev, good to see you..

I agree, in that former British and Australian colleagues "beat me up" on my English.

They said, not the same, so considered incorrect. Well, we all interpret English differently, don't we?

[no name 1]

I guess no VJ'ers are learning a foreign language?

More likely, apathy?....Nothing to complain about I guess...

My hubby might argue that I don't speak 'English'....

I would def learn my partner's language if it was not English.

Hey Dev, good to see you..

I agree, in that former British and Australian colleagues "beat me up" on my English.

They said, not the same, so considered incorrect. Well, we all interpret English differently, don't we?

and hiya!

[Alex+R 0]

I don't think anyone was picking on new English speakers. In fact, the OP is not a native English speaker and I believe was inspired to start this thread from a discussion in another thread about English speakers. Meant to be a lighthearted type of thread, which I think it has been! And yeah you're right, I've said a bunch of stupid sh!t in Portuguese by accident...argh it's hard.

Agreed. I am curious though, about USC experiences in speaking or attempting to speak/learn a foreign language.

Care to share some detail?

I can't think of anything right now. I did put in an effort to think of one, as evidenced by the following conversation:

Me: hey, remember that time last week? When I said something wrong in Portuguese and it was closer to the English word than the Portuguese one? And it was funny?

Rey: uh..yeah

Me: What was that again?

Rey: uhhhh.... dunno

Me: It was...funny

[William33 110]

I don't think anyone was picking on new English speakers. In fact, the OP is not a native English speaker and I believe was inspired to start this thread from a discussion in another thread about English speakers. Meant to be a lighthearted type of thread, which I think it has been! And yeah you're right, I've said a bunch of stupid sh!t in Portuguese by accident...argh it's hard.

Agreed. I am curious though, about USC experiences in speaking or attempting to speak/learn a foreign language.

Care to share some detail?

I can't think of anything right now. I did put in an effort to think of one, as evidenced by the following conversation:

Me: hey, remember that time last week? When I said something wrong in Portuguese and it was closer to the English word than the Portuguese one? And it was funny?

Rey: uh..yeah

Me: What was that again?

Rey: uhhhh.... dunno

Me: It was...funny

I get that too. Funny how those dialogues get lost in the fray....

We all try to get the communication channel going on in both languages. This is one of the many reasons, that draw us to a foreign spouse.. Good stuff!!