Are you proud you can speak more than one language?

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flyonezewall

For many people in Malaysia, I think it is the norm rather than the exception. In other countries, speaking a second language seems to be quite an accomplishment. Regarding that, I am reminded of a silly joke:

Q: What do you call a person who speaks three or more languages?
A: Multilingual

Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
A: Bilingual

Q: What do you call a person who speaks only one language:
A: American

:-)

hushpuppy

used to be. when i could at least master chinese (my mother tongue) and bm, my favourite language. and well a few other chinese dialects plus english were within my understanding.

but now i am hardly fluent in chinese (either dialect), speak retarded english and can barely manage a smatter of malay.
i am darn ashamed of myself if you asked me.

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i will tell a story.
someone from malaysia, in fact kk rang me on my mobile yesterday. so i answered and hello hello forever and nobody answered me. so i texted and asked who is this? and i got this reply "say tk ckp orang puti" it took me FOREVER to figure out it meant "i dont speak/understand english" and lol we exchanged a few text messages that got my mind finding the right words in malay. very challenging

Rachel

It's definitely an advantage for people like us to live in a multi racial country where you are taught to learn another language rather than just learning the national language or English only for some countries.
So, yeah I wouldn't only say that I'm proud that i can speak more than 1 language (3 to be precise) but I'm glad to learn to speak besides English or ones mother tongue. But learning the national language is also a cool thing.

Definitely an advantage =)

s7evens

i speak English,Malay and currently im learning Cantonese..

procrastinator

hell yeah!
i speak two. lol.
that's the best thing about southeast asians.
we speak our native tongue, and we know english!
long live southeast asians!!!

and i'm looking forward to studying latin too.
i know it's hard but it's a dead language,
it'll be really helpful and i'll seem really smart if i do. lmao.

FoxHound

Just speak out

foongwk140804

yes, of course.

Ali Baba

I wana speak arabic

Teddy TheBear

Yes, I am very 'prond' I can sa-peek Thai and 'Angleet' (English). Also, in Bahasa 'Maleyy' (Malay). Oh, and 'Jeen' (Chinese) too!

Ryuzaki "L" The KiD

yes. i can speak 3 and learnin another one right now to mk it 4..

Tan Sri Gabby

Yes, to defend ourselves from racism too.

Wasabee^Love

i don't think i feel proud

but i am happy i can speak all 4 main languages in malaysia :D

*LuckyNo13*

Yessiree!!!

Planning to learn Mandarin and perhaps Tamil.

b!daDar!

i'm proud of myself, tp tak la mengangkat diri kat dpn org len..its just make me feel confident to talk with others as i assume i am in the same level with the others around my society

The Frog!!

Dusun language
kadazan Language
Bugis language
Malay
English
Japanese
Cantonese a little....

sara

yes, i m...
i can speak english, malay, mandarin, hokkien, n i can read arabic...

bundy

I speak 5. Very useful at work.

C'on hush, your English is flawless. Was very surprise when you said you are Malaysian. Sorry!

rubendon

YES we use 3 in my house when i was a child, and i picked up 4 more as lived in different country's

PRINCE

S.I am proud.

â˜… Cik Yaya â˜…

of course!

Skittles

Yes. It sort of feels normal to me, because I speak it with my mother everyday.

But the time it makes me feel really proud is when I can help someone with it.

lazycutegal

Sigh...you guys are sooo lucky. I can only speak English because each time I try to speak Malay or Chinese I get laughed at in the face. Had I been great with languages as much as you guys, I woulda known English, Malay, Chinese (two dialects), Polish, Punjabi, Urdu.....well done everyone-learning new languages sets you free but not all of us can learn as easily as others.

se7enteen

yes, I'm very proud... easy for me to go to places that i know the language...

http://www.asiatouristspots.blogspot.com/

Frechzmahen

Yes.
I can speak 3 :)

wariya

Sure, I'm proud on myself. I can speak Thai- my mother language and English. Additionally, I'm learning German now because I'm looking for Germen boyfriend LOL.

yanar89

Very...

michelle_tmy

Ja. Ich sprechen deutsche, frankreich, malay, chinisische und englische.

Misyie Aisu

yes
but i wish i could speak more
i'm awful when it comes to languages

ilovefriedclams

I am in high school in Colorado and in a upper level Spanish class and I can't wait, to consider myself at least, fluent in two languages.

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