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Hypothetic question: Your native language | ||
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| Carisma Diglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5434 days ago 104 posts - 161 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 9 of 31 27 December 2011 at 9:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
Of course no one doubts speaking Spanish is useful, and when you know it well, it's actually more beautiful than you expect, I am actually thankful I got it for free at birth. But I know myself, I would only study a language if it made me look more interesting/sophisticated/smarter, or if I could make a lot of money with it (like Mandarin). I wouldn't give Spanish a chance unless I had a reason such as school or my job. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5265 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 10 of 31 27 December 2011 at 9:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I wouldn't, unless I for some reason decided to move to Scandinavia or had a Norwegian girlfriend.
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| Neutrino Newbie Russian Federation Joined 4531 days ago 13 posts - 15 votes Speaks: Russian* Studies: English, Dutch | Message 11 of 31 27 December 2011 at 9:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
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It's difficult to say "what would be if..." but knowing everything I know now about the language - definitely yes. Honestly, I find it the most beautiful and expressive language of the world. Quite possible it's just because of my poor knowledge about other languages. :) But things are as they are.
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| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5578 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 12 of 31 27 December 2011 at 10:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Yes. There isn't such a wide range of cultures I could've grown up in to become the person I am, and I believe German would be of interest to me from the point of view of any of them.
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| theomegamale Newbie United States Joined 4776 days ago 8 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, Danish, Thai, Greek, Hungarian | Message 13 of 31 27 December 2011 at 10:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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It's hard to say. I would probably take no interest in English, but maybe have some interest in Anglophone countries, so I would probably end up learning it. And like some have said, it also depends on what your new native language turned out to be. If I was a French speaker from Quebec instead of an American Anglophone, I would, more or less, have to learn English. However, if I came from Turkmenistan, for example, the need for English wouldn't be as high.
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 6968 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 14 of 31 27 December 2011 at 10:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Yes, on the condition that English in my alternative world would be as widely-used as it is.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6409 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 15 of 31 27 December 2011 at 10:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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most likely no way. as a native speaker i can't imagine how anyone learns Russian at all, it's so confusing!
depends on the reason why russian wouldn't be my native language and whether my parents would speak it etc... but probably no. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Humdereel Octoglot Groupie United States Joined 4790 days ago 90 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written), Turkish, Persian, Urdu Studies: Russian | Message 16 of 31 27 December 2011 at 11:42pm | IP Logged | |||||
Oh yeah, don't worry, I wasn't questioning your original post. There is no doubt that French has a certain prestige factor that makes it more chic in many circumstances. :-) Interesting thead idea, by the way. ;-) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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