what is your primary spoken/written languange?

[lxskllr]

Just make a bunch of guttural noises, act arrogant and pretend you know what you are talking about.

Well, I'm 2/3 the way there! :^D

 

[RavenSEAL]

I'm forced to write in engrish, otherwise it would be all espanol.

 

[MotionMan]

German is easy. Just make a bunch of guttural noises, act arrogant and pretend you know what you are talking about.

I keep trying to learn German from sub-titled videos of Hitler I found on YouTube, but it seems that the translations are different from video to video.

MotionMan

 

[schneiderguy]

Your poll is missing the option for 'Murican, that's what I speak

 

[gevorg]

Visual Basic

 

[nageov3t]

English.

my dad grew up speaking French and my grandfather used to drag me to French mass, but none of it stuck.

 

[sixone]

igpay atinlay

 

[HamburgerBoy]

English. Only my paternal grandfather has retained any Euroness (German).

 

[Broheim]

German is easy. Just make a bunch of guttural noises, act arrogant and pretend you know what you are talking about.

I work for a German Company.

note that I speak German and like the language, but the grammar makes me angry... so very, very angry

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

note that I speak German and like the language, but the grammar makes me angry... so very, very angry

High or low German?

 

[Muse]

When I am not forced to use English, I use English, this is what was spoken primarily in my home when I grew up. I have studied German and Spanish, can converse a bit in them, but I hardly ever get the chance to speak them to others, it's just to amuse myself or put a different spin on an idea. Different languages have their own idioms, and idioms can be pretty useful, one of the nice things about being exposed to multiple languages. I've been thinking of trying to find some Spanish speaking people around who would like to learn English and in turn, I could hope to learn better Spanish.

I played golf a few times over the summer with a Swiss woman (here on business/vacation, she was going to summer school at the U), who speaks around 6 languages, including Italian, French, German, Swiss, a local dialect where she grew up, and one I forget, I think it may be Russian. She said English was her weakest language, however I could always understand her (and she me, I believe).

 

[Muse]

note that I speak German and like the language, but the grammar makes me angry... so very, very angry

Yes, German grammar is pretty wildly different from English. What I like most about German is the crunchy sounds, the pronunciations. It's fun to speak it occasionally. I hardly ever get a chance except when I do my radio shows and play songs by German bands, then I get a chance to speak a few words when I back announce, for instance a band like Einsturzende Neubauten. Fun to say! Oh, and that band is wonderful to listen to, their pronunciation of German is delicious!

 

[Broheim]

High or low German?

I was taught hochdeutsch in school but I also understand Pfälzisch (and speak it a little bit, but I generally stick with hochdeutsch).

 

[walkur]

1st Dutch, 2nd English, 3rd German, 19th french

I prefer the ways german and french sound over english or dutch... with french being more sophisticated and german being more ... archaic

 

[brianmanahan]

Yes, German grammar is pretty wildly different from English. What I like most about German is the crunchy sounds, the pronunciations. It's fun to speak it occasionally. I hardly ever get a chance except when I do my radio shows and play songs by German bands, then I get a chance to speak a few words when I back announce, for instance a band like Einsturzende Neubauten. Fun to say! Oh, and that band is wonderful to listen to, their pronunciation of German is delicious!

it is just ridiculous how long some words are in german compared to other languages! i would think it would take longer to say anything.

 

[zinfamous]

Amuricun.

 

[brianmanahan]

amuricun.

wake up, amurica!

 

[BurnItDwn]

Solo hablo Ingles.