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TM 283: What languages do you speak?
May. 15th, 2009 07:26 pmHow many languages do I speak? Two. Three. Two. The third one is a little tricky to define. I was born with English and Italian as you all know already, those of you who actually know me. If you don't, why the hell are you wasting time reading this? It's not interesting in the slightest.
Anyway, English and Italian*. The latter was spoken in the house when I was a kid for the most part, I'd say, which really screwed me up when I first went to school and all the adults spoke nothing but English. There were - still are - a fair few Italian kids in the neighborhood though, so that helped. Uh, then as I grew older English became my first language, much to my Ma's disappointment. She wanted me to keep a hold of my heritage or something but I kept telling her I wasn't gonna get a job in the CPD if I turned up at the interview wearing red, green and white and speaking in tongues. You shoulda seen how thrilled she was when I told her Ange was Italian-American too. Man, she musta thanked the Virgin Mary a thousand times that day.
Now uh, I only really speak English. Italian is kept to the house and while I am still fluent it's just too much effort most of the time. When you're sat at the dinner table and everyone is bickering the only way I'm guaranteed to get a word in edge ways is if I speak English.
The third language I can't really speak, I mean I can sometimes, but mostly I can just understand it. Which is a feat all by itself. And it's Freak Speak. Mostly Canadian stuff, Mounties, stuff like that. Took me a long while to learn it but I think I'm pretty good now.
Judging by my latest conversation with Asher, I better start studying Talos-talk before I completely sink. So ask me again in a while and hopefully the answer will be four.
* Though it's always really good with the ladies, if you learn one or two sentences in other languages. Like uh, Spanish. French. The language of looooove. Y'know? Great way to impress them, trust me.
Anyway, English and Italian*. The latter was spoken in the house when I was a kid for the most part, I'd say, which really screwed me up when I first went to school and all the adults spoke nothing but English. There were - still are - a fair few Italian kids in the neighborhood though, so that helped. Uh, then as I grew older English became my first language, much to my Ma's disappointment. She wanted me to keep a hold of my heritage or something but I kept telling her I wasn't gonna get a job in the CPD if I turned up at the interview wearing red, green and white and speaking in tongues. You shoulda seen how thrilled she was when I told her Ange was Italian-American too. Man, she musta thanked the Virgin Mary a thousand times that day.
Now uh, I only really speak English. Italian is kept to the house and while I am still fluent it's just too much effort most of the time. When you're sat at the dinner table and everyone is bickering the only way I'm guaranteed to get a word in edge ways is if I speak English.
The third language I can't really speak, I mean I can sometimes, but mostly I can just understand it. Which is a feat all by itself. And it's Freak Speak. Mostly Canadian stuff, Mounties, stuff like that. Took me a long while to learn it but I think I'm pretty good now.
Judging by my latest conversation with Asher, I better start studying Talos-talk before I completely sink. So ask me again in a while and hopefully the answer will be four.
* Though it's always really good with the ladies, if you learn one or two sentences in other languages. Like uh, Spanish. French. The language of looooove. Y'know? Great way to impress them, trust me.
