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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:56 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:45 pm
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Einllikoach TurtIe Tracks Also, most people in my school think the only language anyone needs to know is English. That may or may not be true but it still really gets on my nerves. During one of the conversations I had with my cousin - who has been living in Australia most of her life and pretty much monolingual - she told me they were never really taught foreign languages, at least not enough to use them, because of that general perception of English as Franca Lingua there. Hence I don't think your classmates are necessarily guilty for that attitude, if their surrounding never exposed them to the importance of having more than just one language in the hand. neutral Really? I've heard the exact opposite. My friend had to learn a language in school, and is very fluent in German and wants to learn other languages as well and she's an Australian.
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:23 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:56 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:03 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:42 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:59 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:54 am
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Fem_chan Dragonfire Goddess I've never had anyone get angry with me, but sometimes people annoy me with their reactions when they hear I'm learning German. For example the other day my mom mentioned in front of my cousin (who didn't know I was learning) that I might be interested in majoring or minoring in German. Of course my cousin had to wrinkle her nose and giving me the disbelieving "Really?" I wasn't feeling diplomatic so my response was "Yes, and you have no idea how tired I am of getting THAT reaction." stare Are you (or your relatives) from a country that was taken/occupied by the Germans during the World Wars? My grandmother disliked all things German for a very long time (my family suffered greatly during both wars). She didn't even allow for my mother to pick up some German later, it was 'wrong', it was treacherous. I have a friend from Poland, she's my age, who still today, does not like Germans. Danish people don't seem to like Germans either (I lived there for a while)? Language is so often tainted by politics and history. It's a shame. My father doesn't approve of me mixing languages up. He wants my speech to be 'untainted'. It's the pride of an immigrant I think, a counter-reaction. He doesn't get mad at me learning things, he gets mad at me not perfecting them. My grandfather on my father's side was from Poland, and the family was originally from Russia. My grandmother on my father's side is actually of German heritage, but as far as I know that wasn't something she ever acknowledged much. So yes, I do have a bit of that attitude to contend with, more from my dad than my mom anyway. Luckily he's okay with it although I'm not sure he really understands my fascination with German, but a lot of people don't understand my fascination with languages in general, so that's not uncommon. ...But that particular cousin is from my mom's side of the family, so she has no excuse. XD She was probably just going by that annoying stereotype that German is 'harsh and ugly.' In all honesty I think that English is much sharper, at least when spoken properly.
Where is your father from, if I may ask?
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Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:49 am
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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:08 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:59 am
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:48 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:49 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:59 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:53 pm
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