Serenity Fay

I started early because in Malta we watch a lot of italian TV. Being so close to Italy, a lot of people have italian heritage and a lot of Italian people visit our Island, so it's worth knowing. In fact a lot of Italians take it for granted that I know their language when I say I'm from Malta. Also in schools it is expected that we learn either Italian, French or Spanish, apart from the regular Maltese and English lessons. Being such a tourism centered country it's pretty important that we know as many languages as possible, even though nearly all tourists know English nowadays!

As much as I love Japanese culture, I had never tried to learn Japanese as it seemed way too difficult and complex to learn by myself. However, I watch a lot of subbed anime and play a lot of Japanese games and I began to notice that I could isolate certain words that were used commonly. I released that it might not be such an impossible task as I initially thought it would be. I'm still learning as a very slow pace, as I'm self-taught, and my accent is terrible but it's still fun and I hope to be able to go to Japan one day and actually use what I've learned!

I've not gotten a particular job because of the country I'm from. I guess the employers assume my English won't be adequate when in fact we're bilingual and I'm half Canadian anyway so my English is good. (Heck I usually have the best English when I'm talking to my American friends haha)

Up until you are four years old is the prime time for language learning, or that's what they taught us in speech therapy anyway.

I know italian decently well but whenever I used it in Italy people just stared at me. I think it's because in the mediterranean natives just make life easier for people by speaking to tourists in English, they just don't expect you to use their language.

Welcome. Hope you enjoy the forums

Not at all! Every language has its own sign language. In fact most have various sign languages, for example for english there are American and British versions at the least.

Woah, that's a lot of language! Hope you enjoy the forums

Welcome to the forums!

Welcome! Hope this forum can help you

Welcome! Hope you enjoy yourself here and learn a lot

Thank you very much

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People who disregard graphic novels aren't worth your time! There are so many masterpieces out there. I won't waste time mentioning them all as many here have already named some great ones like V for Vendetta, etc.

Whenever I had similar experiences I move either to audiobooks or graphic novels. It's a nice 'change of scene', so to speak.

I have a ton of favourites!: “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers “There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of the infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.” ― H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories I better stop now before I remember any more!

I collect books so the cover is a big deal for me. I'm more likely to be attracted to a book in the bookstore if it has a unique or interesting cover. If I'm buying online I also look at all the different editions to find the best looking cover. Still, if it's a book I really want badly and the cover isn't TOO ugly I'll still get it. I have to agree with you about the actors part though, I don't like it when books get a movie adaptation and they make an ugly cover with the actors on it

Hello everyone. Looking forward to exploring this forum as I'm studying to be a Speech Therapist and we study plenty of linguistics