English as a second language.

[xdom125x]

Nothing wrong with that.

I speak in English (my native tongue) only because it was the first language that I learned and my mind just sort of stuck to it. Also, the fact that I live in New York, which has English as the primary language (although I should probably learn Spanish at at least a remedial level). I just can't dedicate time to learning other languages (due to laziness, not anything useful taking up my time), no matter how much cooler they sound or how useful it might be to know other languages.

Also, I myself want to master my native language before moving on to using another. Although, thats just me.

And I don't mean I enjoy speaking in English when I'm forced to. I mean I Literally THINK in English. That's right. My "thoughts" aren't in my native language.

I actually find this pretty damn impressive. I couldn't imagine thinking in a language that wasn't my native one.

 

[Wierdguy]

I sometimes struggle finding the right Swedish words when speaking - I totaly know what I want to say in english, but I just cant remember the words In swedish

(granted it doesnt happen very often but it does.)

 

[binvjoh]

I certainly don't hope it's wrong, because I do the exact same thing. I talk to most of my friends, think and talk to myself in English. I live in Sweden.

I sometimes express myself in Swedish like I'd do in English, which can lead to some strange wording and sentence structure.

 

[awesomeClaw]

Yup. Sometimes i think in english, sometimes Swedish. It varies. Personally, I think english sounds "better" in tense situations, while swedish is better in calm, collected situations.

"You fucking idiot!"
Sounds better then:
"Din jävla idiot!" for example.

But: "En underbar sommarmorgon reste sig över det mäktiga kungariket."
sounds better then
"A wonderful summermorning rose over the mighty kingdom."

I dunno, just my 2 cents(öre)

 

[Bugerion]

I think in english too its more natural to me I don't know I also find it easier to talk to people in english or by somehow changing my voice,only bad thing is a lot of people here don't talk english fluently

 

[SaltyOrange]

I like English more then my mother tongue too,but I don't think in it.Probably because I never really used English except in school,but if you like a more modern language and use it often there's nothing wrong in thinking in it.

 

[steeple]

So is it....intrinsically Wrong that I enjoy speaking English more than my "Mother Tongue", Bangla? And I don't mean I enjoy speaking in English when I'm forced to. I mean I Literally THINK in English. That's right. My "thoughts" aren't in my native language. So, is that Wrong? Does it make me a....*gasp* Pretentious ponce? (which if you can't tell is my irrational fear. Pretentious-ponce'ophobia, I call it)

I DO have my reasons, mind you. Bangla, my mother tongue......is EFFING hard! To speak AND to write. It's also quite dated as most new Technical concepts (and by new I mean post 1950) have no equivalent words. So everyone here(and I DO mean everyone) does speak a kind of patchwork language with many English words stuck in to fill gaps.

Also. Bangla has no concept of Sarcasm. No joke. You cannot IMAGINE how much this irritates a Self-titled Cynic such as myself...

So, anyway, yeah? Is this "immoral", in your opinion?
Also, any other ESL speakers with the same Dilemma? I'd love to know.

english isnt my native lanuguage too, and I, also, preffer to speak (and think, which I do quite regularly) in english...

oh, and really? no sarcasm at all?
thats hilarious!

 

[Goofguy]

I speak English and Quebec French. As I live in an English city, I mostly speak and think in the former but I swear a lot in the latter.

 

[barash]

- snippity -

No worries dude, you're not alone - I think more clearly and focused in English rather than Norwegian though I switch between them nearly effortlessly.

Hilarious skill to have when fucked-up drunk ^_^

 

[MisterM2402]

I also think in english. Almost exclusively. You're not alone.

So, is that Wrong? Does it make me a....*gasp* Pretentious ponce? (which if you can't tell is my irrational fear. Pretentious-ponce'ophobia, I call it)

No, that doesn't make you a pretentious ponce. Capitalizing random nouns makes you a pretentious ponce.

But really, what makes you a pretentious ponce is correcting people on their parts of speech.
Completely unrelated note, "Pretentious" and "Wrong" are both adjectives, not nouns.

Oh wait...

 

[The Night Shade]

Not pretentious is ok i mean you should speak whatever you want.

Personally i sometimes think in english and other times i forget an spanish word but i remember the exact same word in english,that's completely normal

 

[StellarViking]

I am a native English speaker, and I took German in high school and learned quite a bit. I will, occasionally, use German words on complete accident simply because the German word comes to mind before the English one.

 

[Warforger]

So, anyway, yeah? Is this "immoral", in your opinion?
Also, any other ESL speakers with the same Dilemma? I'd love to know.

Yah it must be hard seeing that Bangladesh has some of the lowest literacy rates in the world.

I come from Bulgaria, I need to speak it to communicate with my Grandma but I don't know enough words and I don't know how to read it so I often get stumpped when I try to explain things to her. But hey that's why everyone in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union knows Russian so they can talk to each other.

Other then that I pretty much only use English, it serves no real purpose to me especially when I do get to Bulgaria everyone knows English so there's no real point.

 

[sheogoraththemad]

sometimes I know a word in English but forgot it in my native language, also English sounds epic-er than my native language.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

@OP: I feel the same way.

I think in English more than in romanian.When I talk to my WoW friends who also are romanian half of the words are in english because I think they are faster and easier to say.

This thing is gonna come and bite me in the ass when I'm gonna go and try to talk(try to write) with people I haven't met yet i.e: non gamers.

 

[procyonlotor]

English is pretty damn cool. It has the most fucked up relationship between spelling and pronunciation ever, but its flexibility is absolutely wonderful. You can switch word classes, constantly come up with new words and expressions via prepositions, and you can effortlessly steal words from other languages. You should see how some European languages, Italian for instance, struggle to integrate anglicisms into every day speech. How do you count English words in a language where the singular and the plural are marked by specific morphemes? If you add the English s, you're being barbaric, if you don't, you sound silly anyway. It's hilarious.

 

[vehystrix]

Yeah, I'm fluent in both my native and my second language (which is english). I switch between the 2 effortless, and often catch myself thinking in english.

Also, I have patchwork-conversations of the 2 languages with the brother of my girlfriend, who's also an avid gamer, since the english terms are so much more natural and easier to understand in the context.

 

[trollnystan]

Well, Swedish and English are both mine so to speak. But I find it embarrassing that though I was born and live in Sweden I speak English more and better than I do Swedish...

 

[eggmiester]

English is my mother tongue, but I've actually caught myself thinking in japanese so...

of course you have. japanese is awesome.

... not that other languages aren't awesome, just that japanese is more awesome.

... gonna shut up now.

 

[Trivun]

Languages change and evolve all the time, there's nothing wrong with English words being added to other languages like Bangla, just as there are foreign words in English. Sushi and tsunami, for example, are Japanese words, and Phobia is a Greek term. I speak English as my first language, being raised in England itself, and although I joke about hating the American terms for things (like replacing chips with 'fries' and crisps with 'chips'), I really see it as a new sub-language evolving from the original (and best ;D) English language. Hell, even the English we speak now is nothing like it once was, with spellings changing and terms becoming outdated and disused. Wherefore, for example, means 'why', though everyone seems to think it meant 'where' - which can lead to a lot of confusion when watching Shakespeare...

I'm teaching myself Japanese at the moment, after failing to learn German or French or Spanish at school - I was crap at those, yet I'm actually interested in Japanese. And though I haven't gotten very far yet, I know that there are a lot of Japanese words that are originally English or other language words - pretty much anything written in Katakana is a foreign import word, at any rate, that particular syllabary being used for syllables in foreign words...