DEFINITIVE LANGUAGE BARRIER POLL

[bora bora 1]

I'm the USC and voted bilingual (even though I speak Spanish too) and that my SO speaks basic English. When we met he could barely say "My name is..." in English - so he's made it a long way.

We still speak Portuguese mainly, though I speak more and more English to him - which he answers mostly in Portugues...grrr

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Awwww...my Hagen vote shouldn´t be counted! Wanted to vote for Ben´s

[Saddle Bronc 124]

I butchered this poll.

I speak three languages--English, Tamil (my native) and French--fluently; also learned German in high school, but out of practice.

Pras speaks English, Telugu (her native) and some "Hyderabadi Hindi" (patois spoken in AP's capitol city).

We communicate in English as neither of us knows the other's native language.

Ben's

[sparkofcreation 0]

We're both from English speaking countries but I (USC) am bilingual.

[Imua 0]

No option for USC - bilingual(basic) and SO -bilingual (Adv.)?

I spoke very basic Nepali when we met - G's English is what I would consider to be intermediate to advanced. We speak a mixture of Nepali and English.

And I vote for Haagen Dazs vanilla swiss almond - yummmm!!

[Imua 0]

I butchered this poll.

I speak three languages--English, Tamil (my native) and French--fluently; also learned German in high school, but out of practice.

Pras speaks English, Telugu (her native) and some "Hyderabadi Hindi" (patois spoken in AP's capitol city).

We communicate in English as neither of us knows the other's native language.

Ben's

Heh - I speak French as well, and German, plus fluent Italian(lived in Italy for 2 years). My Nepali ex also spoke French, and we used to speak French when we didn't want anyone else around understanding our conversations. Too bad my husband only knows Nepali and English.

[KansasDragon 1]

When Annie and I first met, we only chatted on YM. Her english was ok, but definitely not advanced. My visayan and tagalog were non existent.

When we first started talking on the phone, there was good basic communication, but limited. Her english skills have improved every month since then, more from a practice standpoint, than a knowledge standpoint. Her knowledge of English is fairly good from school in the Philippines, but her grammar and spelling were weak, but have improved dramatically.

I have picked up a few basic phrases in Visayan, and will work on more when Annie and I are together, and she can teach her big idiot.

And my singing skills.. wow, they have improved dramatically.. all the way from a 10 on Videoke all the way to a 50..I almost feel Filipino now.

Hagen or Ben's?????? Where's my Blue Bell?

Edited October 10, 2007 by KansasDragon

[Mo_Mati 2]

I am one of the 4 who currently have reported that we speak our SO's language (for me that means spanish)! I was living in Chile when we met and at that time his English was pretty darn basic. We still communicate in spanish, but his english is definitely getting better and the best is that he is motivated to learn!!

Oh...and the crazy flavors of Ben and Jerry's definitely rules

[Jasman0717 9]

I have a language thing with Claudeth, she doesn't understand "no" when it comes to spending

[SoL. 0]

Pieter and I communicate in English, as we are both fluent.

I communicate with my kids and familia en Español and with Pieter's family, in Dutch. I also speak Italian and he speaks Frisian, French and German. And now he's learning Spanish.

And it's Hagen, Dulce de Leche, my fav!

[Elphie 0]

I only speak English. I know a few words & phrases in Romanian but that is all. My husband speaks Romanian {of course}, English, French & German fluently. I love Ben & Jerry's...chocolate fudge brownie...mmmm

[yassmine2878 1]

Phish Food!

Hubster's native language is Arabic and he is also fluent in French and competent in English. I speak English and Spanish, and some passable Arabic and French. When we first met we used a mixture of my poor French and his poor English. He has since improved a great deal in English so that's the primary language we use at home. This always changes when we get mad at each other. He rattles at me in Arabic, I fire back in Spanish. Neither of us understand the other, so it works out well

[Jamie76 0]

I vote Haagen Dazs!

vanilla bean ice cream from hagen is the sh!tzorz.. unbeatable

I beg to differ...Ben and Jerry's strawberry cheese cake

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

i didnt vote because there was no answer to number 2 for me

USC: english & italian

SO: albanian & italian

we understood eachother when we first met because we both spoke a third language (italian is both of ours second language)

also, number 3 is a toss for me...theyre good for different things...haagan daz has the best coffee ice cream ever, and theyre better for plain type ice creams, while ben and jerrys has like 20 items in each tub...ohh man the chocolate fudge brownie mmm delish

[almaty 19]

I vote Haagen Dazs!

vanilla bean ice cream from hagen is the sh!tzorz.. unbeatable

I beg to differ...Ben and Jerry's strawberry cheese cake

how about the new flavor..rocky rambo??