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post Nov 28 2005, 01:59 PM
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This is a thread mainly for bilinguals. Does it get annoying when you mix up languages? I swear, i do it often...too often.

I speak English and i study in french at school. I'm currently learning dutch being it's the 2nd official language in Belgium. And i'm pretty good at it.

I tend to mix these 3 languages A LOT. It gets frustrating sometimes. I was talking to my dad on the phone, asking for money (he speaks only english and dutch), i was like:
i need vingt euros.
He was like "wtf?" haha. Or sometimes when he's talking to me, he says "de dingen" meaning "the thing" in dutch. I usually say "alors" instead of "so". Pff. I speak french to my friends but sometimes english comes out of my mouth. It's soo frustrating. Even to my teacher...i was like "i've got a question" and she's like "tu viens de dire quoi?" Lol. My nose was red...my nose hardly gets red since i'm more black than white.
It happens a lot. Some people think it's cute. mellow.gif.

But it's got it's advantage...i insult ppl sometimes, haha. Few months ago, after having sex with my boyfriend, i was like "tu crains au lit"...he thought it was a compliment...i'm not going to translate...but he did "craint".

Anyways, does this happen to you guys too?? I have to watch what i say almost everytime pinch.gif
 

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Weird addiction   for all the bilinguals   Nov 28 2005, 01:59 PM
jooleeah   ah that happens to me all the time. sometimes i...   Nov 28 2005, 03:09 PM
Lo Mein   QUOTE(jooleeah @ Nov 28 2005, 4:09 PM)ah that...   Nov 28 2005, 03:42 PM
silver rain   Yeah, that happens to me with English, Spanish and...   Nov 28 2005, 06:17 PM
aznxdreamer   i speak cheenglish at home. my mom makes fun of me...   Nov 28 2005, 06:19 PM
sense.n.style   so agree! but every1 does it everywhere where ...   Nov 28 2005, 07:46 PM
DaTru KataLYST   I speak English and Mandarin, and when I go to Chi...   Nov 28 2005, 08:11 PM
RiC3xBoy   Sometimes. Ehh, Doesn't really bother me.   Nov 28 2005, 08:51 PM
gigiopolis   Haha, yeah that happens to me. I go back to Hong K...   Nov 28 2005, 08:51 PM
xl0stxThoughtx   yesi mix up chinese and tagalog and english lol   Nov 28 2005, 09:43 PM
bab3egurl8o5   Yeah, when I can't say something In spanish so...   Nov 28 2005, 10:10 PM
_sarcastic_   i tend to mix chinese and english into the same se...   Nov 28 2005, 10:12 PM
mai_z   I always mix chinese and english in the same sente...   Nov 28 2005, 10:29 PM
juliar   I usually don't get chiense and english mixed ...   Nov 28 2005, 11:07 PM
xklipse   hmm...I don't get mixed up with languages I...   Nov 28 2005, 11:10 PM
peggysturr   Sometimes I just let my Chinese slips out during s...   Nov 28 2005, 11:11 PM
niez_cho   I usually speak Cantonese, and it's quite a co...   Nov 29 2005, 06:18 AM
yanners   since i go to an international school with an atle...   Nov 29 2005, 08:09 AM
blackxpearl   I'm not bilingual BUT I'm learning german,...   Nov 29 2005, 11:11 AM
Chii   yeah...my friends and i used to speak in a mixture...   Nov 29 2005, 03:12 PM
StanleyThePanda   Im not bilingual but I know someone who is and tha...   Nov 29 2005, 03:45 PM
lilliannnn   I'm not bilingual, really, but this is my 4th ...   Nov 29 2005, 09:52 PM
helllla jankyyyy   I speak spanglish, its really funny. Sometimes wh...   Nov 29 2005, 09:53 PM
MeLoNiSyUmMy   haha, yes, definitely. one time a couple years bac...   Nov 29 2005, 09:55 PM
Just_Dream   lol Julia. You know, I'm half Chinese! But...   Nov 29 2005, 11:11 PM
lilxroxy   mostly chinglish or spanglish or japenglish   Nov 30 2005, 03:22 AM
ecargnmyst   well..i actually have to mix up languages when i s...   Nov 30 2005, 01:05 PM
Winter   I mix English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese up al...   Dec 2 2005, 06:29 AM
Jeng   hmm not really..only to my grandma..hha i tend to ...   Dec 2 2005, 03:21 PM
silver rain   Well, whenever I'm trying to say something in ...   Dec 2 2005, 06:25 PM
Dark's Angel   I mix French and Spanish up alot. the colors for m...   Dec 2 2005, 08:20 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   Mine is completely is separate.   Dec 3 2005, 01:21 AM


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