Language Poll

[Conia]

There's no way there are more Spanish speakers than Filipino speakers in the Forum

[Eve]

There's no way there are more Spanish speakers than Filipino speakers in the Forum

Dunno, there are 10  who can speak Filipino (You have to add 5 to the Filipino votes) and 15 who can speak Spanish, remember, it's not an ethnicity poll, it's language ^^

[Dus]

Filipino was added as an afterthought and there aren't many people who speak it as a second language.

[arielrachel0527]

@Dus: Wow you speak so many languages. How did you manage that?

[Dus]

I take a great interest in languages and linguistics, that's all. Most of them I learned in school. Also I'm already an old geezer (22), si I've had lots of time.

[arielrachel0527]

I take a great interest in languages and linguistics, that's all. Most of them I learned in school. Also I'm already an old geezer (22), si I've had lots of time.

Still, I'm still really impressed how you mastered so many languages. Do you have a profession that has something to do with languages? You don't have to answer it if you don't want to.

[Conia]

I take a great interest in languages and linguistics, that's all. Most of them I learned in school. Also I'm already an old geezer (22), si I've had lots of time.

Still, I'm still really impressed how you mastered so many languages. Do you have a profession that has something to do with languages? You don't have to answer it if you don't want to.

He is a Translator, and hopes to get to Interpreter.

[Dus]

Stalker!
He's right though. Working on my Bachelor thesis at the moment. At least I should be....

[Conia]

Stalker!
He's right though. Working on my Bachelor thesis at the moment. At least I should be....

You are understimating the power of observation!

[arielrachel0527]

@Dus: That's so awesome!! I hope you'll become a great interpreter.

[YukiNoHana]

Polish
American English (For some reason the British one is impossible for me to understand )
A bit of Japanese, I understand many words after watching 582 episodes of Conan

[Akonyl]

Observations:
At least 6 people in this board don't speak English. Huh? Also, hardly any Italians although it's still broadcast there and more than 60 volumes have been translated into Italian. Weird... There are even more Russians, although only the first 6 volumes have been scanlated afaik.

xpon's stated that he can't really speak english well, only write/read it, I believe. So that may be the case for them.

[Dus]

That could be it. Or maybe some people only voted for their native language...
@Yuki: Really? Even if their speaking Queen's English or RP? I prefer BE (or Scottish English) and the more often I hear the accents of the British Isles, the less I like AE. And speakers of AE (Australian English as well) come across as, well, stupid.

[YukiNoHana]

@Dus - Really. I understand Ireland-English, Canadian-English and American-English with no problem. But British-English, sorry, I just don't understand it.
Don't know about the African accents though.

[mangaluva]

@Yuki & Dus: Some people find slang and dialects more of a problem than accents with British-English and Scottish-English, though admittedly even the English don't understand Scottish-English (Shows like Rab C Nesbitt, where the characters speak in heavy Scottish-English accents and dialects, actually have to be subtitled in England). The main problem is that there are over 900 different accents and dialects in the British Isles, as opposed to 12 across the US. This gives even fluent foreign speakers of English difficulty with British-English and Scottish-English, since it's so variable. Also, British-English speech is generally much faster than American-English, and Scottish-English even faster than that. (My American relatives spend half of our conversations asking me to slow down and explain what i'm saying XD). It's not that uncommon, it just takes practice.