Language poll

[amygooglegirl]

Just out of curiosity...

(I realize one country can have more than one official language, but in this case I just mean the language spoken locally.)

Poll Languages

Comments

[lizr0221]

I answered your poll, but I have to say you should have put an option in there for people who speak the same language as their new country. Ireland speaks English mostly and so do I.

[amygooglegirl]

I did put an option for people speaking the same language, in the first question. (I didn't in the others because I thought it'd be repetitive.)

Of course there are going to be situations that don't fit the poll, but that's why we have comments :)

[lizr0221]

Sorry! I must have somehow missed that and I apologize.

[amygooglegirl]

No worries, it happens!

[amygooglegirl]

At least some of us learnt the language a long time before moving, so it makes it easier once you've reached a good level :)

[lissande]

I needed a proficiency option between "confident in all situations" (which I marked) and "educated native speaker." I talk like a kind of dumb native speaker. ;) Actually, most people think I'm a returning child of emigrants who just isn't up on the less common terminology yet.

I also needed a "both" option on the last two questions, plus potentially a "slightly, but not dramatically, different language" used at home in addition to the first two languages. I'm a complicated woman. :D

[amygooglegirl]

I know, the categories are very arbitrary, never mind totally subjective, so you just have to choose the closest ;)

The line between language and dialect can be blurry, so again you just have to make an arbitrary choice if it's an additional language or not ;)

[lissande]

I live in the Czech Republic, where the people (including me) speak Czech, but my husband is Slovak, which is definitely a different language, just not "entirely different." *grin*

[kamamamama]

Sorry, I accidentally clicked "I can't speak it at all" when "I know only a few words and phrases" would be more appropriate.

[amygooglegirl]

No problem, it happens.

You know you can change your answer if you like, just go here :)

[kamamamama]

Done. Thanks :-).

[lidenskab]

I had to say that I use my native language daily at work or at school, but I'm a housewife.. therefore that question is honestly N/A for me.

For me, I'm an American who lives in Denmark. Technically, I CAN speak enough Danish where I SHOULD feel comfortable in almost all situations.. however, I choose the path of least resistance and use English everywhere I go and at home. I learnt Danish in Denmark because the law says I'm required to as part of keeping my residence permit... not because I wanted to.. lol