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Luis Asuncion @luisga814 (7138) • Quezon City, Philippines 3 Jun 22

I remember with my former employer in a school 3 decades ago. This employer was a former senator in which I don't want to name her for security reason. One of her speeches during our flag raising ceremony, she mentioned about the...

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It's great to know many languages, but...

Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16568) • Philippines 21 Nov 21

I can speak 3 dialects fluently (Ilocano, Kapampangan, and Kalinga), but I can only speak and write in two languages, Tagalog and English. I know a few words in Korean, and can understand simple statements, but I plan to study...

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Language and Dialectical Differences

Amanda @mommyzhuuraan (217) • United Kingdom 3 Aug 18

It's interesting to think about the differences between the meaning of words, even when people speak the same language. I am originally from the U.S., but I now live in England, and while I know a lot of the differences, a lot of...

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Yes, I don't (or the confusion of languages)

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 29 Feb 16

In English, if someone says, "Do you have a pen?" you would answer, "No, I don't." In Japanese, if you say, "Didn't you bring your book?" you would answer, "No, I did." Often our bilingual and trilingual kids will answer...

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positive and negative

dialects

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linguistics

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120 - 175 dialects?!!!

whengcat @whengcat (1457) • Philippines 7 Sep 11

Our country's official language or dialect is Tagalog but would you believe that other than that, we also have 120 to 175 different dialects in here? That's really a lot for a small country like ours. Some of...

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what language you are interested to learn to speak other than your language?

assinertata @assinertata (288) • Philippines 26 Mar 10

In my country, we have different dialects every city or province or region. I could speak and understand my own dialect and two other else and of course ENGLISH and now I am schooling for FRENCH course. Learning French language is...

Are There Regional Accents In Your Country?

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 12 Jan 10

I was born in Ashton-Under-Lyne, near Manchester, England and would say my accent resembles some of the female cast on "Coronation Street!" However, if I had been been born in Blackpool, Lancashire (like my nephew) then I wouldn't...

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regional accents

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Latin... there is Pig Latin as well?

ahgong @ahgong (10064) • Singapore 10 Jan 10

I was reading the comic strip Dilbert when I came across a strip that was describing how the pointy haired boss was telling his call center staff about the new product they are launching. And the manual for the product is only...

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What Philippine Dialects Do You Speak?

alatecablebill @alatecablebill (519) • Philippines 17 Sep 09

i know tagalog, bisaya, ilonggo, and cebuano. my parents are bisaya/ilonggo and they use those dialects when they're talking to each other or to our aunts and uncles. what about you?

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Bisaya-Tagalog feud in youtube

kyss_smyle @kyss_smyle (166) • Philippines 31 Jul 09

A month ago, Anastacio J. Crus (I don't know if it is his real name) commented on one of the videos made by 15-year old students in Mindanao. The video is actually a school project, they were asked by their Filipino teacher to...

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having one language worldwide: will it solve our problems?

sandragellar @sandragellar (440) • Philippines 17 Mar 09

if we developed a universal language (and i'm not talking about math), or more accurately a "global" language that everyone on earth will understand, do you think it will solve problems? do you think it will mae a difference?...

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Do you call it lunch or dinner?

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 10 Dec 08

Depending on where you are from you may call your noon meal lunch or dinner. And depending on what you call that meal you may call the evening meal dinner or supper. In the South the noon meal is referred to as dinner and the...

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how will you react if someone aggressively talk and has a wrong pronounciation.!

dorothy09 @dorothy09 (1520) • Philippines 13 Oct 08

when someone talks and is very confident but pronounce the word very bad. How will you react? will you laugh at him/her? will you correct him/her? or you will not mind it... In my country we do have that..we have different...

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How do you say " I Love You" in your native tongue?

celestial052506 @celestial052506 (2914) • Philippines 24 Jun 08

I know that members here come from different places around the world and we have different languages spoken too. Well, here in the Philippines there are many dialects but I know of only 2 to be sure of. How to say I love you in my...

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What are your known filipino dialects?

darkangel079 @darkangel079 (1488) • United States 7 Jan 08

For close to 2 years I was able to learn to speak fluent tagalog and the bicol dialect in Ragay/Naga City Camarines Sur. It is rare to find half fiipinos to speak that tough language - the bicol dialect was the first language I...

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how many languages do you know?

tony_chestnut @tony_chestnut (66) 18 Apr 07

There are several languages and dialects in the world and it's impossible to know every one of them. But learning different languages is amazing and you get to converse with a variety of people. How many languages/dialects do you...

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what are the languages you know?

mskzalameda @mskzalameda (4023) • Philippines 27 Mar 07

are you multilingual? what are the languages you know and can speak? i just know two languages. english and tagalog but i am eager to learn more. please share some of your knowledge about this topic.

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language dialects

xikass @xikass (119) • Egypt 24 Mar 07

evry country has its main language but this language has subgroups or as we say dialects . here in egypt we have not less than 5 dialects of egyptian arabic which is by the turn is one of main 5 dialects of arabic . the odd thing...

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we both spoke in english but...

naferterri @naferterri (71) • Philippines 19 Feb 07

i talk to different clients over the phone at work. as we were discussing things, i can see well that she wasn't able to understand what i mean. i tried to say the words as clearly and as slowly as i could and used the easiest...

Which is your Mother Tongue?

Bangalorean @Bangalorean (1282) • India 31 Jan 07

I have been meeting lot a many people who speak many languages. Further to that each language has its own dialect. This makes me inquisitive to know more. As such my mother tongue is Konkany and the dialect is Goan. As ssuch...

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