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Yeah I'm sure it definitely helps you to learn a new language better, similar to listening to a song or watching a movie in another language. I haven't tried playing a video game in another language yet, but I think I might lose the game faster if I couldn't understand what the characters are saying or the texts that are displayed are in another language.

I remember that I had a foreigner friend who was from the States, I asked her how does she ask the tricycle driver to stop when she was about to alight the vehicle, does she simply say "stop"? She told me she says "para", so I figured that every foreigner must know that important phrase when you're gonna commute over here.

Well there's relo, silya, la mesa, estante, señorito, señorita, amigo, amiga, reseta, and a whole lot more. Actually, haven't you noticed that we Filipinos changed the spelling of Spanish words so that they can look "Tagalog"? Like "policia" to "pulisya".

I guess the simple answer to your question is to also think about how the languages from other countries came from. I think they are endemic to the country itself. I'm actually inclined to think that it originated at the Tower Of Babel.

Fast talkers that talk fast in their native language is quite a natural behavior, I also talk fast at times and I have been told to slow it down for them. But if it gets too fast and you really can't understand a single word, then it's quite annoying.

I can only think of 1 word right now that has no English counterpart, and that would be the word "tsansing", lol.

I knew that the word "utol" came from "kaputol" but I didn't know that it also has the word "ng pusod" to it. So it's nice that you thought of starting a thread for it to inform our other kababayans.

I think that Taglish is ok as long as it doesn't sound awkward like what we call here as the "pa-sosyal" language. For example, "Gusto mo ng water?" I find that kind of Taglish irritating, as compared to, "Tara, akyat na tyo sa 5th floor". See the difference? There are some Taglish sentences that are quite annoying to hear.

I only get to receive jejemon messages from young people like teenagers, never from adults, so I guess that's a good sign. I also hate it, I hate reading it and I hate seeing how the letters are typed. I think the people who text in a jejemon way think that it's cute when in fact it's not.

Well I guess at this point it would be hard to correct the "Philippine English" that we are so used to hearing, so it now really depends on the person to be aware of the actual English meaning of the word and if it differs with how Filipinos use it.

I think the only beneficial effect of alcohol in people is that they make them less inhibited and more confident, so it makes them courageous to speak another language in public without the fear of getting humiliated. I don't think they can induce fluency because fluency is more of what the mind actually knows already.

I think the chart is just for fun and not to be taken seriously, but it can be a good basis if you want a new username, lol!

Dialect is similar to language, but I think that dialect is endemic to a particular area, just like what Lizbeth said. We also come from the same country and there are lots of dialects over here, especially in the provinces.

Oh no, even if I loved The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, I never would want to learn a fictional language. There are lots and lots of better things to do than to learn something that I find useless to know.

It mainly depends on the level of interest a person has in learning a new language, and of course, their will to succeed in doing it. If a person isn't that keen and determined to learn, then they will never get to achieve anything in general.

I'm currently casually studying German and Spanish, but I think that any language that is not in the form of a standard alphabet when you write it is hard to learn, like Chinese, Arabic, Russian, etc. Not only are you studying a language, but also a whole new slew of images and what they stand for!

I guess that's one of the best uses of knowing a foreign language, but you can never be too sure though if the person next to you happens to understand what you're saying, so I still will converse cautiously! Apart from that, it enriches your knowledge, and you can get a better high paying job if you know another language.

Well I learned English at a very young age, like pre-school age, because English is commonly used in my country, so I never really had to make that much of an effort to learn it. But now that I'm an adult, I will only study a new language if I really have to learn it because I'm required to, or to get better work opportunities, both locally and abroad.

Reading that example made me laugh, I also can't understand what the author is trying to say. So with that said, I also agree that people who use big words are the ones who want to look intelligent or smart, so they chose to use big words, as compared to just using simple, common and easy to understand words, so it makes them look trying hard to look smart, and it backfires on them instead of making the reader think that they're actually smart.

I use Collins Gem English Dictionary, it's just a small dictionary, and I've had it with me since I was 10 years old, since we were required to have it at school. Until now I still use it eventhough it's worn out, like the pages are disintegrating already, lol.

I've always liked how the word "comfort" sounds, and I dunno why. That's the only English word that has caught my attention so far.

I think that I'm quite adept at reading body language. They actually reveal a lot more, like what the person is thinking even if they don't say a single word. Like for example, you can tell if a person likes or dislikes you thru their actions or how they look at you.

I also have never used an electronic dictionary, only a book dictionary, so I'm also wondering how they work. Are they expensive or not really?

I usually just spend around 30 minutes to 1 hour studying a foreign language, and since my attention span is quite short, to keep me interested, I listen to songs in that particular language so that the words can be recalled better in my head.

Based from the responses, I think that the people that will migrate or are living in another country are the ones that are willing to pay for a tutor, while those who just want to learn casually but have no urgent reason why they want to learn another language are the ones that will not pay for a tutor and are just content to self-study. I also have no urgent need to learn a new language, so I just self-study.