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neeksgeek

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31. Oh this is complicated.
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 10:38 AM
Jun 2017

First off, we all speak dog, even the cat.

Basically, my wife and I speak American English. That sounds easy but... it's remarkable how often we have to translate to each other, even after knowing each other for twelve years. See, her dialect is basically Californian, and my speech is an odd combination of Pittsburghese and raised in the South. So we often pronounce things or use words differently. We're still arguing about how exactly to pronounce "measure!"

Add in a small slice of Spanish (she's Mexican-American, but neither of us is fluent; we each know a few dozen words which pepper our conversations).

What Language Do You Speak At Home? [View all] Wolf Frankula Jun 2017 OP
Cat. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #1
lol you beat me to it I was gonna say chihuahua luvMIdog Jun 2017 #2
LOLCat and Urban Dictionary TexasTowelie Jun 2017 #3
I hope you have better luck than I did. DFW Jun 2017 #15
They ignore me in English, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #29
Fluent Cat jpak Jun 2017 #42
I speak English. The wife speaks Tagalog when she's on the phone. RandySF Jun 2017 #4
Tagalog is a very useful language to know DFW Jun 2017 #16
Castellano nt Xipe Totec Jun 2017 #5
Southern. With a little drawl. Lochloosa Jun 2017 #6
Ah, me too; see below. Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #10
I never had much of one to begin with anyway DFW Jun 2017 #17
You travel so much and that will dilute it a lot. Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #20
But I rarely speak English over here DFW Jun 2017 #21
Pigin lsewpershad Jun 2017 #7
Southern when I'm tired. Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #8
Dog Lunabell Jun 2017 #9
Cat, dog, and sometimes I mumble really bad Doreen Jun 2017 #11
US English with a smattering of Yiddish, Farsi, German, French and Italian htuttle Jun 2017 #12
Klingon... TheDebbieDee Jun 2017 #13
German DFW Jun 2017 #14
Mostly stoned, chronic pain sucks. RGinNJ Jun 2017 #18
English and Dutch and Frisian and Glaswegian. SwissTony Jun 2017 #19
As a child we spoke Yiddish at home Danmel Jun 2017 #22
Profanity! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #23
"New York Jewish" PennyK Jun 2017 #24
Fluent Pittsburghese. nt femmocrat Jun 2017 #25
mumble BarbaRosa Jun 2017 #26
english and french. drray23 Jun 2017 #27
Wicked Boston Accent English. Funny video. Fla Dem Jun 2017 #28
I dunno, but it sounds a lot like John Belushi. CanonRay Jun 2017 #30
Oh this is complicated. neeksgeek Jun 2017 #31
According to my husband, sailor. missingthebigdog Jun 2017 #32
I'm told I speak grunt and mumble, Yonnie3 Jun 2017 #33
Grunts and farts JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2017 #34
Other than English, mostly Hebrew sakabatou Jun 2017 #35
honto ni? yuiyoshida Jun 2017 #38
Honto desu sakabatou Jun 2017 #39
Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, German, Serbian Paula Sims Jun 2017 #36
日本語 JAPANESE but... yuiyoshida Jun 2017 #37
Yiddish and Hebrew mixed in with the regular US and Canadian English. EllieBC Jun 2017 #40
Similar MosheFeingold Jun 2017 #43
Yiddish is still very common in a handful of communities. EllieBC Jun 2017 #44
Cat Command Skittles Jun 2017 #41
Hovitos. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2017 #45
Tsudish. retrowire Jun 2017 #46
Fuckingese Kaleva Jun 2017 #47
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