languages

[JenT 0]

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

[ya falaha! 0]

Wasn't sure how to vote since yes, we do speak the same language BUT it's not his native language. His native language is Egyptian Arabic. I speak and understand very limited Arabic.

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

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

[Marilyn. 340]

we both speak English...

hubby can speak and understand a little Spanish but he isn't fluent and I know a few words in German but i couldn't hold a conversation to save my life I do understand it a bit though....

I would like to learn Spanish... and I want our child to at least know a few words in Spanish and German...

[Zee Bee 61]

I voted yes for all 3.

Like Zainab, my fiance speaks British English. Since my parents are from Ghana I grew up with it but it wasn't until I actually moved back here that I realized how different they are. Like someone mentioned the aluminum and aluminium...that was a headache in Chemistry class. And there is another word my friends used to make fun of me for but I don't remember what it was.

But when I am talking to my SO and he has no idea what I said, I just switch to our local language, much easier than trying to rephrase in English.

[derekkj 0]

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

Brave man! When I studied in Wales I thought I should take a Welsh language course. Then I came to my senses. I can barely speak English, much less handle the whole double L thing. I can still read a bit of it though.

I have recently learned that Canadians and Americans are also two nations separated by a common language. B)

Edited November 27, 2007 by derekkj

[Sister Fracas 5]

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'.

hubster goes into giggle fits over how I pronounce "herb".... he wants to know where the "H" went and I want to know where the "R" goes in words like "star".... hehehe

[JenT 0]

He speaks German with a British accent, if that makes any sense. Makes him crazy when I correct his pronunciation. He thinks he has language rights since he lived there for 17 years and I didn't.

[Ta Ta 1]

We both speak English and I speak German, he speaks Krio and Mende.

I am dabbling in Krio and am looking forward to learn Mende, his tribal language. It is just a little difficult finding a text book and forget about

finding classes anywhere.

[sereia 0]

there are 6 responses of people saying they do NOT speak the same language.

[nin 1]

3 x yes.

Hubby speaks Swedish like a 3 year old *tee hee* with various x rated words thrown in I think he's doing good =)

The 3 years he took of French would've been better spent learning to flare his nostrils though.

[GabachaYucateca 0]

I speak English and Spanish and the tiniest bit of Maya.

Hubby, Maya and Spanish. Learning English, of course.

Our kids will of course be fully bilingual, and I'd also like for them to spend extended periods of time in his village so that they can learn Maya.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

I feel it is 100% essential to learn each other's languages, fluently, and bless your children with both. Every day I study Russian and insist my children learn some phrases to communcate with their future step mother in her native tongue.

[GabachaYucateca 0]

What a nice way to put it, Jeffery!

[MKCT 0]

What a nice way to put it, Jeffery!

I vote yes, yes (we speak different languages), no.

I studied at a british school...On my first trip to US when I was 11 years old, I had troubles with some words with my cousin and some of his friends....they didn't speak spanish......anyways, I was always corrected by them in some words...hahaha!

Now with my fiance, he only speaks english and knows a few words in spanish like: Hola, me llamo Patricio (Hello, my name is Patrick, he even translate his name :lol: ), nada (nothing), callate la boca (shut up), una cerveza por favor(one beer please), chau (bye) and a few bad words that he learned from someone :lol:

He doesn't have any interest on taking spanish classes but maybe someday I'll teach him more than he knows now! haha!

And with him I try not to use any british words to avoid the confussion...haha! But I do remember once he asked me why I write "favoUrite", instead of "favOrite"....and I said, my spelling is good, ok!?!?!

:lol:

Edited November 27, 2007 by Mirla