Re: forgetting your roots
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Originally Posted by BigBank_Hank
In our house English isn’t the primary language that’s spoken. My parent’s speak French most of the time and when relatives come over that’s all they speak in. My grandparents couldn’t speak much English and could only say the words that they needed to know. All of my relatives and my parents speak well in English but they all prefer to talk to each other in French.
That's understandable (pun intended). :ph34r:
Re: forgetting your roots
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Originally Posted by BigBank_Hank
In our house English isn’t the primary language that’s spoken. My parent’s speak French most of the time and when relatives come over that’s all they speak in. My grandparents couldn’t speak much English and could only say the words that they needed to know. All of my relatives and my parents speak well in English but they all prefer to talk to each other in French.
Have you ever seen the British TV show "Allo Allo"?... the British secret agent pretending to ba a french policeman is hilarious.
Re: forgetting your roots
Can’t say that I have.
The French that we all speak is different from the one in France. It’s kind of a mixed blend.
Re: forgetting your roots
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Originally Posted by Busyman
Shit I have a problem understanding some Scottish accents....
Congress votes everything else on majority (like their raises). Why don't they go ahead a knock this official English thang out?
English is the official language of the United States except for New Mexico which is English and Spanish.
By official though, that simply means that all state documents, road signs, etc are published or produced in English.
Re: forgetting your roots
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Originally Posted by hobbes
English is the official language of the United States except for New Mexico which is English and Spanish.
By official though, that simply means that all state documents, road signs, etc are published or produced in English.
:ohmy:
Re: forgetting your roots
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Originally Posted by Busyman
Shit I have a problem understanding some Scottish accents....
Congress votes everything else on majority (like their raises). Why don't they go ahead a knock this official English thang out?
Could some wan tell me whit he said.:whistling
Re: forgetting your roots
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Originally Posted by BigBank_Hank
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The French that we all speak is different from the one in France. It’s kind of a mixed blend.
I appreciate that.... in your posting absence i tried to point out that Americans speak "American" and not "English"... very very close but different none the less.
check this link hank....see if you can understand them :D
Allo Allo... officer crabtree
Re: forgetting your roots
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Originally Posted by bigboab
Could some wan tell me whit he said.:whistling
http://www.hebborn.btinternet.co.uk/rab_c_nesbitt.jpg
Ar wel tel ye das....AR WEL TEL YE DAS !!!
awar wi ya :unsure:
Re: forgetting your roots
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Originally Posted by vidcc
I appreciate that.... in your posting absence i tried to point out that Americans speak "American" and not "English"... very very close but different none the less.
check this link hank....see if you can understand them :D
Allo Allo... officer crabtree
We speak English. Accents are just that.
Akcayents are jest thayat.
Re: forgetting your roots
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Originally Posted by Busyman
We speak English. Accents are just that.
Not so.
An accent does not encompass different spelling. Vid is right, American English is not English.
