[Chat Log] March 1, 2019

[Jacqueline Hyde]

Is that accusation? I thought it might fit as praise. Or perhaps 'child' was the word...

"she says innocently" = referring to myself in the third person

 

[Victorique]

I, who wish to do both, chant "you are a potato," in a particular language at my sister while working on writing

 

[Silver]

@Silver, I understand that, yes. From experience, speaking and writing a language come from vastly different fundamentals. It's often better to pick one path first. If you wish to speak, interact with a native speaker. If you wish to learn to write, then first learn to read.

leaning to speak the language to me would be easier. The few broke sentences that I've learned to speak were self taught and to learning to speak native language it's harder to learn by yourself then when you have someone who's teaching you the proper way to pronounce the words.

 

[Morgan]

I learned Castilian Spanish, and it's quite an adjustment to decipher a Latin American Spanish speaker. Similarly, I can only understand Quebecan French after some adjustment period.

 

[Morgan]

A friend and I met a couple from Canada in Paris and we had lunch, my friend commented to me: "They understand everything we say but I barely understand them, this is crazy."

 

[Victorique]

We learned French as taught in France and kids went buckwild listening to our native dialects of French

 

[Silver]

Language is like food it's got its own unique qualities and flavor.

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

@Morgan same in reverse with castilian vs. latin american spanish. french i have an easier time with since i learned mainly european french, but most of my francophone friends are canadian (either québecois or acadian).

 

[Victorique]

Acadie BAbey))

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

though if i were asked to listen to québecois, idk how i'd fare. maybe just fine, maybe with a lot of trouble.

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

fun fact: linguists don't actually use the term dialect, and instead use the word variety, for two reasons. one, it has negative connotations to some people. two, it suggests that there are hard lines between languages, and dialects are strictly within those boundaries, which isn't the case.

 

[Morgan]

I once attempted to speak Latin American Spanish with a lost tourist from Argentina for nearly 15 minutes before I learned she spoke English very well.))