Thread: What's your native language?

English, and I hate it because it's a terrible language!

So what's wrong with English then!? I am glad to have spoken it from childhood because it must be a devilishly tricky language to learn in later life. Our spelling, phonetics and pronounciation are all over the place and made no better by other versions of English to be found all over the world and especially in South Africa/ Kenya, the USA/ Canada, the Indian sub-continent, Australia/ New Zealand not to mention regions of the British Isles, where amazing differences are to be found a few miles apart. Grammatical structure is a constant source of debate even among us Brits. Now Russian, on the other hand, is really beautiful! It is easy on the ear, very structured and the grammar is like the inside of a Rolex watch,- a delight to behold! Tell me Дастин, what does English sound like to a foreign ear?

Originally Posted by ladoga

So what's wrong with English then!? I am glad to have spoken it from childhood because it must be a devilishly tricky language to learn in later life. Our spelling, phonetics and pronounciation are all over the place and made no better by other versions of English to be found all over the world and especially in South Africa/ Kenya, the USA/ Canada, the Indian sub-continent, Australia/ New Zealand not to mention regions of the British Isles, where amazing differences are to be found a few miles apart. Grammatical structure is a constant source of debate even among us Brits. Now Russian, on the other hand, is really beautiful! It is easy on the ear, very structured and the grammar is like the inside of a Rolex watch,- a delight to behold! Tell me Дастин, what does English sound like to a foreign ear?

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Originally Posted by ladoga

what does English sound like to a foreign ear?

dry, stiff and official
I found that my voice becomes a little lower when I speak English(American), comparing to Russian. Same goes to all foreign bilinguals that I heard
Must something to do with English vowels I think

British is rather sexy