Mother language

Postby abenial » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:29 am

Hello,

I was wondering what was your mother language, guys. It could explain many mistakes we can find in the posts :wink:

And it could be a good database about the population of this forum, and a good tool for those who are looking for penmates. So, vote, then write your mother language and the country where you live.


(and for those who wonder, I have created this poll according to different factors -first English (it's an English forum !), then Chinese (biggest country), then the other most common languages. Don't want to offense anybody. If your language/country is not in the list above, feel free to tell us what's yours :arrow: )




I am a french-speaker. I live in Belgium.
On ne connaît pas son bonheur. On n'est jamais aussi malheureux qu'on croit.
M. Proust

Postby Nuclearo » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:57 am

My answer depends on your definition of mother language. The first language I learned was Spanish (what I voted cuz my other option is missing) but the language I understand the best is Hebrew (now guess where I live). Consequently all my English errors are a mix of Hebrew grammar with misspelled Spanish vocabulary.

מי שמבין את השורה הזאת שישלח הודעה, משעמם לייייייי!
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Postby Fesselfan » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:49 am

Well as many may know, my mother tounge is german.

However, a lot of "bad" posts come from native english speakers, too...
I think good knowledge of english (plus a spellchecker in the browser) can avoid many many mistakes...although some speech patterns will surely still mark someone as foreigner ;)

Cheers

FF
There are 10 kind of people in the world.
Those who understand binary numeral system, and those who don't.

Postby Boundgal08 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:26 am

My mother tongue is English, even though, i can speak some italian and french from learning the language, i also have a bit of irish in me..
and agreeing with what others have said, some English people, do make mistakes in their stories. But some of the stories by foreign people, who cannot speak or write in the English language, do a pretty good job at it :D
BOUNDGIRL!
Probably the kinkiest woman you will ever meet!
I am a switch, I like to put a man in ropes and also have a man put me in ropes!
I am the 'Queen of bondage'

Postby Boundgal08 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:55 am

At least someone does......
BOUNDGIRL!
Probably the kinkiest woman you will ever meet!
I am a switch, I like to put a man in ropes and also have a man put me in ropes!
I am the 'Queen of bondage'

Postby Fesselfan » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:04 am

For me, it depends...I can ignore (or don't even notice) many mistakes. However, some stories are so garbled by mistakes and/or internet slang, they are hardly readable at all.
Alas, IMHO that has gotten better lately

Cheers

FF
There are 10 kind of people in the world.
Those who understand binary numeral system, and those who don't.

Postby Daniel » Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:28 am

Well, my mother tongue is Dutch and I live in the Netherlands (still).

A few years ago, when I was about 10 or 11, my English was rediculously bad, but as you can see, it has improved over the years.

I also speak a reasonable amount of German. Ich spreche ein großes bisschen Deutsch. =)
And I once had French in school. Je parle un petit peut de Français. (I don't know if it's 'un' or 'une')

Postby canuck100 » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:18 am

Daniel wrote:And I once had French in school. Je parle un petit peut de Français. (I don't know if it's 'un' or 'une')


It's "un petit peu". But it doesn't matter, you would still have been understood. :D

I speak French in everyday life, as I live in a French-speaking part of Canada. I learned English in school - had English as a second language from grade 4 to grade 12. Also learned Latin (more usefull than you think!) and Spanish in school.

Re: Mother language

Postby Plueschbabycd » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:45 am

Hallo I´m German.
I learned a little English in shool. But most English I learn aft it form reading english in the Web. I writing in German stories but my english to bad translate.
Andrew
"Don´t dream it, be it." Dr. Frank N. Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show

Re: Mother language

Postby Kyle » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:20 pm

I'm American and I speak English. I know a little bit of Spanish but not enough to really consider myself fluent. I definitely can't understand the Hispanics around here when they speak it.

I write basic standard American English, but be glad you don't have to hear me speak, because I have a pretty good Southern accent and dialect to go with it.