I knew it was no longer official, but it seems to be clinging on in some capacity.

I'm not sure if my mother know Spanish or not; she did go to university there. So maybe she learnt it but has forgotten it. For the most part, English has replaced Spanish as the "top dog" language there.

French and German.

Then Portuguese and Dutch

Which French, Old World or New World?

Why would I bother with New World?

Gotta have the real deal.

Because that's where you are?


In that case, perhaps you should start studying English.

I am not associated with this "Oh you're in America, therefore think like an American!" I am a European at heart, therefore I am learning most if not all of the major languages of Europe. Also, the "New World" languages (Latin American[Mexican] Spanish, South American Spanish, Suriname Dutch, French-Canadian, etc) are very unattractive considering people in my area of California are mostly European and not native Americans. Therefore they would laugh at me for a poor understanding of the language.

Perhaps I should start studying English? Do you have short-term memory? Did you not see my introduction posts?

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I know proper English (British-English) and American-English.

I did see them. In fact, I even spotted the one where you say:So do forgive me if I take all this "I am a European at heart" business with a heaping helping of salt. At one time I also considered myself very "European at heart". Then I actually went to Europe and lived there.


No one needs to tell you to do that; you do it already without even being aware of it.


What makes you think so? I've never had a European mock me for speaking an American variety of their language. (Or vice-versa.) Am I just lucky? Also, where in California could you possibly live where speakers of European Spanish outnumber speakers of American Spanish?


Which form of British English do you consider the "proper" one? And do you actually speak it with other Americans?

1. I only recently got allowed to have a passport, those were the only two places that did not require a passport for travel on the Seas (Cruises). I could care less about them.

2. No I do not.

3. Southern California. I was speaking more specifically about French not Spanish.

4. You believe there to be more than one British-English? Well whatever is the normal one that I see every time I go online and speak with people from England. And yes I do use it with other Americans, so much so i am often not completely understood. Then again their vocabularies consist of not even 5,000 words.

Whatever. The point stands that your knowledge of "Europeanness" is still purely notional at this point.


Yep, you do. I'm sorry you feel it necessary to deny this; there's no shame to it, it's just a fact about you like your reaction time and whether or not you're lactose-intolerant.


Sure about that? A lot of Québécois winter in California.


Don't you? Can you not distinguish Liverpudlian from Glaswegian or Welsh English from West Yorkshire?


Where in England are they from? And when you say "go online and speak with [them]", do you mean by Skype or something?


That's a bit odd. I don't generally make a point of using vocabulary I don't think people will recognise if I also know words they do. Sure, I could insist on asking the Mexicans who work on campus for pavo instead of guajalote and tortillas instead of omeletes, but at the end of the day I just want them to fix the food I'd like to eat.


You've kept count?