Zone1 a question about language

[Zebra]

do you also speak a dialect beside the standard of your language?

I do.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

do you also speak a dialect beside the standard of your language?

I do.

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Beyond English, I speak a small amount of Spanish, and I'll soon find out if I speak enough of it to teach English as a second language to a group of very motivated native Spanish speakers.

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[LuckyDuck01!]

do you also speak a dialect beside the standard of your language?

I do.

While in the Navy, I made it a point to learn how to say three things in a variety of languages.
1. One beer please.
2. Where is the toilet.
3. Thank you.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I speak perfect Middle American English as well as twang.

 

[Zebra]

While in the Navy, I made it a point to learn how to say three things in a variety of languages.
1. One beer please.
2. Where is the toilet.
3. Thank you.

then you will know ...

1 ein Bier, bitte
2 wo ist die Toilette
3 dankeschön

 

[lg325]

Florida rural dialect. In elementary school I interpreted the slang in Zora Neal Hurston stories for my teacher and class.
Some of my teachers had trouble understanding me and one refused to let me graduate to the next grade until I learned a
coherent vocabulary.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I speak perfect Middle American English as well as twang.

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I spent a few months in Mississippi, the only remnant of which is the occasional "y'all" that slips out almost accidentally.

I coached a leftist Pacific Northwest actress to play a blonde Louisiana bimbo, somewhat convincingly, and taught a young Saudi man who was heading off to school in Amarillo how to say a few important phrases in "Texan". Both were fun.

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[Crepitus]

do you also speak a dialect beside the standard of your language?

I do.

Afrikaans is basically a dialect of Deutsch I think...?

 

[Crepitus]

While in the Navy, I made it a point to learn how to say three things in a variety of languages.
1. One beer please.
2. Where is the toilet.
3. Thank you.

You left out "how much?"

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

You left out "how much?"

Just prior to pulling into a foreign port, the XO or another officer would get on the speaker system, or have something pre-prepared to view on the ship's television and among various things, would cite their current currency exchange rate, so we had an idea, and we did indeed ask "how much?" I just forgot that one, so that's four things.

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

then you will know ...

1 ein Bier, bitte
2 wo ist die Toilette
3 dankeschön

Germany was never a destination.

 

[Zebra]

Afrikaans is basically a dialect of Deutsch I think...?

it is more a simplified version of Dutch, with a bit of French and German thrown in.

I can understand it, if i see it in writing.

 

[Zebra]

You left out "how much?"

in German .... und wieviel kostet das?

 

[Zebra]

an example

English ... my house
German ... mein Haus
Alemannic .... mien Huus ..... that is my dialect

 

[deannalw]

I speak English and perfect Hillbilly

 

[ReinyDays]

do you also speak a dialect beside the standard of your language?

I do.

As long as California Englishing is the standard, then no ... I laugh and mock folks who speak dialects ... don't get me started on how the English are ruining the language ...

The Englishing used in movies and television ... that's how they speak in California ... pronouncing the r's like Mexicans ...

 

[lg325]

An interesting video maybe yall will like. I understand him.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

An interesting video maybe yall will like. I understand him.

I understand every word.

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