ESL speakers, when did you learn English? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by wendyz@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I suppose I can speak both American and Queen’s English, though I grew up with the latter (my dad is from England).

I learned starting at 3 years old 😊

Now, I am onto a third language of Galician, which is spoken in my country. Maybe I will even learn a fourth for my Japanese girlfriend but her close/immediate family all speaks English.

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[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

I learnt English as a child when we got dial-up internet because many applications were not translated and anyways most troubleshooting forums were in English. We had an English class at school but the motivation to actually pay attention was COMPUTEEEEEERS 😄

Now it feels so weird talking about computer stuff in French, I have no clue how to explain anything because it all comes instinctively in English 😅

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

J'ai grandi dans une province bilingue au canada, mais la raison que j'ai préféré l'anglais, surtout jeune, c'était l'internet. Je comprends bien ça

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

I'm a bit younger than the days of dial-up but for me too the motivation was COMPUTEEEERS and the internet

[-] wendyz@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

😅 That sounds amazing though! J’adore les ordinateurs

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