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Where did you learn English?

I grew up in Carpathian Ruthenia and we were quite fortunate that there were some Germans living there among us. One of the Germans has an English wife and she taught at the language school club.

I have noticed that there is a difference between American English and the original from the United Kingdom. Word spellings and pronunciation. You have to listen for the way in which they speak to get the meaning.
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JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
I was born and raised in Ohio, in the US.

Yes, the Brits speak and spell funny. 😁
So do some Americans!

My boss is from China. He keeps missing the "s" to make things plural, and forgets words like "the".
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
English is my mother tongue and I have and use a large vocabulary. My mother was born in Wales and my father was born in Canada I kind of straddle the line. My cousin from Wales came to visit his family in Canada. He couldn't stop laughing at a word he saw in Calgary. Shaganappi. It means rawhide that was wrapped around wagon wheels in Canada. It means something very different in England.
CelticGal · 18-21, F
I was born on the European continent and learned English at school, like most people from the continent.

Later in my teenage years, I attended a Summer course of intensive English in Ireland. I loved the people and the country, so I decided to stay for a while. That stay extended beyond just one year and now, I call Ireland my home.
Sandcastler · 26-30, M
I grew up in France with British parents. I learned English starting when I was 7 from a private English tutor with a posh southern accent. So I don't have the same accent as my parents.
Glamour (UK and Canada, etc.); glamor (US).
I personally, although American, prefer the Brit spelling of this word: seems more glamourous.
romell · 51-55, M
never did. I was born in the back woods of Tennessee. ever hear a southerner talk. I talk American.
Anniedlr · 31-35, F
I learnt English from my Dad and Cantonese from my mum🙂🙂
Lostpoet · M
I speak Utahn
bookerdana · M
@Lostpoet PIG Latin,here
Px4545 · 31-35, M
Video games and youtube... is not a joke (also school but not good there)
jackjones68 · 51-55, M
QCDog2659 · 61-69, M
English is my cradle language.
dirge · M
home. and then scool... and more school
YoMomma ·
north american but then we moved south so i have a slight yankee southern accent
val70 · 56-60
Learned it in Belgium from the age of fourteen till about twentyfour in various educational institutions
MrGomco · 36-40, M
In Russia, using EP.
Allelse · 36-40, M
Franco-Prussian war.

 
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