View Poll Results: Is English your first language in your `real' life?

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Thread: Is English your first language?

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    English is my second language but in the unenlightened State that is this country I never received a day's education in my mother tongue.

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    My first language is Italian and I have been studying English, German and Spanish( which is the one I am quite bad at, unfortunately...) up to now.
    I love languages..they really open your mind!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ennison View Post
    English is my second language but in the unenlightened State that is this country I never received a day's education in my mother tongue.
    That is horrible. Every country should teach it's children its language. It is your heritage. It is one of the most important things that make up you. What country are you from ennison?
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    Scotland. Tentative steps have been made in recent years to alter the state of affairs to which I referred - too late for me though.

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    Ha, my condolences ennison
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    English is my first language, but I'm okay at several others. I think it's amazing and wonderful that so many people here speak several languages!
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    Ha Logos your wit is lovely. I'd ask you out but an ocean separates us.

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    My first language is Chinese.But I`ve learned English for a long time.

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    My first language is Arabic

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    Well my first lanuage is Navajo.
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    My first language is Portuguese (There is a second language that is not english, but you people will believe it so :PP )

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    What no response to my gallantry? Guess you know that I'm too old for a toyboy and ro bhochd for a sugardaddy. But nothing ventured nothing gained as I used to say

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    My first language is Portuguese, but I've always been fluent in English because my mother is American. I've been picking up Spanish with some ease ever since I moved to Texas, and now I'm trying to learn Koine Greek.

    All of which to say... no, English isn't my first language.
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    nopers. my native language is urdu

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    My first language is Dutch, and I guess my second should be French but it actually is English.

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