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(Original post by Lord Huntroyde)
Do you think in English or Punjabi?
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Do you think in English or Punjabi?
I don't know actually...hmmmm, interersting. I suppose both really - some ideas are expressed better in punjabi and vice versa. Some things are easier to think of in one langauge as there are some words which don't exist in the other language. Also, it depends on my environment and my frame of mind.
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I don't know actually...hmmmm, interersting. I suppose both really - some ideas are expressed better in punjabi and vice versa. Some things are easier to think of in one langauge as there are some words which don't exist in the other language. Also, it depends on my environment and my frame of mind.
I am amazed by languages - I knew someone at school who could speak punjabi and i used to get them to speak for ages in it while I listened - sad but simple things please simple minds lol
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I am amazed by languages - I knew someone at school who could speak punjabi and i used to get them to speak for ages in it while I listened - sad but simple things please simple minds lol
Hehehehe, yeah they sound even nicer when you don't understand them!
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Hehehehe, yeah they sound even nicer when you don't understand them!
Yeah it's probably a good thing...she was probably ****ging me off and everything and i didnt know a thing!
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Yeah it's probably a good thing...she was probably ****ging me off and everything and i didnt know a thing!
lol!!!!!!!!
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English, French and Irish (what little I can remember anyway). Oh and Tek, Esperanto?!?!!?!
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I don't know actually...hmmmm, interersting. I suppose both really - some ideas are expressed better in punjabi and vice versa. Some things are easier to think of in one langauge as there are some words which don't exist in the other language. Also, it depends on my environment and my frame of mind.

The acid test is what language do you dream in?
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English, French and Irish (what little I can remember anyway). Oh and Tek, Esperanto?!?!!?!
bonjour, jem'apelle nicky. je suis en poubel (i think that means my name is nicky, i am a dustbin!!) that is all i can remember from gcse french although it was quite a while ago now! AND I GOT A C!! amazing
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English, French and Irish (what little I can remember anyway). Oh and Tek, Esperanto?!?!!?!
Esperanto is an attempt at creating a "Universal" language if i'm not mistaken.
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The acid test is what language do you dream in?
HMMMM!!! mishmash....! if i see mum in dream she speaks to me in punjabi, etc.. but my actual dreams are just pictures and ideas most of them, no words. So I don't know? I would say I'm equally proficient in both.
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bonjour, jem'apelle nicky. je suis en poubel (i think that means my name is nicky, i am a dustbin!!) that is all i can remember from gcse french although it was quite a while ago now! AND I GOT A C!! amazing
bon soir, je suis tres knackered, et je m'appelle chris...
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bon soir, je suis tres knackered, et je m'appelle chris...
I am pretty good at reading languages normally though as long as it don't get too complicated.

btw...is knackered french?? lol
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I am pretty good at reading languages normally though as long as it don't get too complicated.

btw...is knackered french?? lol
Exactly.
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Esperanto is an attempt at creating a "Universal" language if i'm not mistaken.
Yes, and it's darn easy to learn.
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Exactly.
Adusur - can you post something in one of the languages you know and i will try and work out what it is?! I am one big kid lol
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Since this is a very multi-cultural forum, I just wanted to post a thread to see what languages people speak at home. Basically all you need to post is how many languages you can speak fluently.

(Oh yeah, i don't want any jackasses making up stuff!!!!)
My native Russian...
basic German
...and satisfactory English ...
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I speak the official language of:

Antigua
Barbuda
Anguilla.
Australia
Barbados
Bahamas
Belize
The Bermudas
Botswana
The British Solomon islands
Brunei
Canada
The Cayman islands
The Channel islands
Cyprus
Dominica
The Falkland islands
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guyana
India
Ireland
Jamaica
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Malta
Mauritius
Namibia
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Sierra Leone
Singapore
South Africa
St. Lucia
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Uganda
The United Kingdom
The U.S.A.(*)
The Virgin islands
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Adusur - can you post something in one of the languages you know and i will try and work out what it is?! I am one big kid lol
In fact it probably doesnt use the same characters as english does it? In which case it will be difficult on an english keyboard i would imagine.
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I speak the official language of:

Antigua
Barbuda
Anguilla.
Australia
Barbados
Bahamas
Belize
The Bermudas
Botswana
The British Solomon islands
Brunei
Canada
The Cayman islands
The Channel islands
Cyprus
Dominica
The Falkland islands
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guyana
India
Ireland
Jamaica
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Malta
Mauritius
Namibia
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Sierra Leone
Singapore
South Africa
St. Lucia
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Uganda
The United Kingdom
The U.S.A.(*)
The Virgin islands
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
as do i
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