languages

[jrmach1 0]

Hi guys

It is well known that if we are going through the whole visa process is because your SO and you are not from the same country thence you don't speak the same language.

I speak spanish and english and my husband speak english and he says he is going to try to learn the language later on but off course I have to speak english the one moving to another country is me not him.

In this case I think is easier for me to learn english than for him to learn spanish because spanish we have a really extensive language.

So what is your language and what is your SO's?

[JenT 0]

David is British but that does not mean we speak the same language

We both speak German and have found that when we have an issue, we can resolve it better if we speak German.

[Nessa 23]

since it was multiple choice and I was really confused i vote yes and no to all jk

i speak english and portuguese, some basic spanish. hubby speaks english and german, some japanese (i think he can count in japanese , he lived in Japan a few years) and he won't be learning my language, he has no interest. Fine by me, I can cuss him in portuguese and he'll never know

[jrmach1 0]

We both speak German and have found that when we have an issue, we can resolve it better if we speak German.

[Imua 0]

David is British but that does not mean we speak the same language

We both speak German and have found that when we have an issue, we can resolve it better if we speak German.

LOL - I had a Turkish boyfriend in college. I was majoring in German and he had lived in Germany for 10 years. I didn't speak Turkish except for a few key phrases which he taught me and his English was not very good so our whole relationship was conducted in German.

Govi and I both speak English and Nepali(me very rudimentary) - usually our conversations contain a little of each. I am currently studying Nepali.

Edited November 27, 2007 by Pattu Rani

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

I voted yes to everything cause we speak the same language (obviously or how would we communicate) and we speak different languages that the other doesn't speak and I'd love to learn some of the languages he speaks. I wonder if he wants to learn some of the languages I speak that he doesn't. I've never asked him though.

Oh, and I think learning spanish is much easier than learning english.

[JenT 0]

I am currently studying Nepali.

Good for you!

[StoryAngel 4]

I'm British and my SO is the USC so we're in the same situation as Jen and David (post #2). Whoever said that America and England were two nations separated by a common language had it spot-on... even though we essentially speak the same language there are still differences here and there... not just word differences (e.g. pavement vs sidewalk) but subtler nuances that leave us confused once in a while. We're both Anglophiles and love pulling apart our native tongue so we have a lot of fun with some of the differences!

[LoriLawless 0]

I'm British and my SO is the USC so we're in the same situation as Jen and David (post #2). Whoever said that America and England were two nations separated by a common language had it spot-on... even though we essentially speak the same language there are still differences here and there... not just word differences (e.g. pavement vs sidewalk) but subtler nuances that leave us confused once in a while. We're both Anglophiles and love pulling apart our native tongue so we have a lot of fun with some of the differences!

Don't forget aluminum and aluminium or boot and trunk - we have a ball with stuff like that.

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

I'm British and my SO is the USC so we're in the same situation as Jen and David (post #2). Whoever said that America and England were two nations separated by a common language had it spot-on... even though we essentially speak the same language there are still differences here and there... not just word differences (e.g. pavement vs sidewalk) but subtler nuances that leave us confused once in a while. We're both Anglophiles and love pulling apart our native tongue so we have a lot of fun with some of the differences!

It's true and really very funny sometimes. Bassi speaks british english and I speak american english. The only thing that saves us is that my heritage is British Guiana and lived there for about 9 years as a child. So, I am more than familiar with the british english and it helps us so much. I often say things twice, once in english and then again in english because we missed each other in the first form of english.

[Imua 0]

I am currently studying Nepali.

Good for you!

It's not always easy, but it's so much fun when I speak to my inlaws and they are impressed by what I have learned. My Mother in law has promised to teach me to cook Nepali food when I go there next time and she doesn't speak a word of English so I have to learn!!!

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

since it was multiple choice and I was really confused i vote yes and no to all jk

i speak english and portuguese, some basic spanish. hubby speaks english and german, some japanese (i think he can count in japanese , he lived in Japan a few years) and he won't be learning my language, he has no interest. Fine by me, I can cuss him in portuguese and he'll never know

and i can do the same in german

I'm British and my SO is the USC so we're in the same situation as Jen and David (post #2). Whoever said that America and England were two nations separated by a common language had it spot-on... even though we essentially speak the same language there are still differences here and there... not just word differences (e.g. pavement vs sidewalk) but subtler nuances that leave us confused once in a while. We're both Anglophiles and love pulling apart our native tongue so we have a lot of fun with some of the differences!

Don't forget aluminum and aluminium or boot and trunk - we have a ball with stuff like that.

and the differences in knocked up

[JenT 0]

I'm British and my SO is the USC so we're in the same situation as Jen and David (post #2). Whoever said that America and England were two nations separated by a common language had it spot-on... even though we essentially speak the same language there are still differences here and there... not just word differences (e.g. pavement vs sidewalk) but subtler nuances that leave us confused once in a while. We're both Anglophiles and love pulling apart our native tongue so we have a lot of fun with some of the differences!

We have fun too... and other times, not so much...

We'll get out our respective dictionaries too.... the last debate was about "math" vs. "maths".

The US knows it as 'math' and so 'maths' sounds completely wrong. Of course, the British dictionary said 'maths'.

[Imua 0]

I'm British and my SO is the USC so we're in the same situation as Jen and David (post #2). Whoever said that America and England were two nations separated by a common language had it spot-on... even though we essentially speak the same language there are still differences here and there... not just word differences (e.g. pavement vs sidewalk) but subtler nuances that leave us confused once in a while. We're both Anglophiles and love pulling apart our native tongue so we have a lot of fun with some of the differences!

We have fun too... and other times, not so much...

We'll get out our respective dictionaries too.... the last debate was about "math" vs. "maths".

The US knows it as 'math' and so 'maths' sounds completely wrong. Of course, the British dictionary said 'maths'.

I had a British bf at one time and 'orientate' instead of 'orient'(verb) always sounded wrong to me.

Edited November 27, 2007 by Pattu Rani

[Welshcookie 17]

Well I am a Brit he is American so we understand each other to a degree He also speaks German, I lost my Welsh when my family moved to England as there was no one to converse with anymore...hubby has expressed an interest in learning Welsh but I don't want him spitting all over me