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[jimmyln2004]

My parents are from China, but I am born in Singapore, so I can be considered to be a native Chinese speaker. However, being in Singapore, everything is taught/explained/written/whatever in English, so I guess I use English as my first language.

Edited by jimmyln2004, 11 December 2007 - 02:37 AM.

[leeindia]

I am from India and in my part of the world Hindi is the most prominent language
Have studied English in my school from the beginning and as a result of all the hard work, I can say now that English is my second language

[Strikee]

English in my case , just as many people around here is my second language. I've been "confrunting" myself with it since I was in kindergarden.. ) and been evolving my skills ever since. I had the pleasure to visit U.K a few months ago and I was surprised how beautiful their accent was , not as the normal American accent we see everyday in the movies. Their accent makes them seem very smart (very nice people though , talking to them is always a pleasure).
I'm curious about what native English speakers think about of our way of expressing ourselfs in their language and wether we sound funny , weird or some other way.
A contest would be interesting where each contestant could write a story or something like that , in English of course , others could vote and we could find our most fluent non-english , english speaker )
Since this is a huge comunity it could get pretty fun.
Edit: I'm from Romania , I forgot to mention.

Edited by Strikee, 18 September 2010 - 02:32 AM.