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Hi guys,

 

I was wondering how many of you are actually English Native Speakers and I count having lived in an english speaking country for the majority of your life or having spoken english as a child. 

 

 

Feel free to add your personal opinion or definition below.

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MURIKA!

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Well can your native language change? I've spoken Japanese for the first 7 years of my life, and then I moved to the states, after 3-4 years my primary language changed to English. Does that mean my native language is English?

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This is a hard one.

I was born in Hong Kong, which at the time was a British Dependant Territory, so English was spoken there (still is today). However, I never learned to speak it prober. I learned Danish and French from my parents, and Cantonese from my enviroment. 

I only began to learn prober English when I moved to Denmark at age 12.

 

I guess the answer is technically yes, but practically no.

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Well can your native language change? I've spoken Japanese for the first 7 years of my life, and then I moved to the states, after 3-4 years my primary language changed to English. Does that mean my native language is English?

I think your native language is the one, that you communicate with your family, if you're under 18.

 

 

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Murican is the language of the free! We blow up shit, get drunk, and force democracy on the Middle East-while funding terrorist groups! God bless 'Murica, and god damn the frogs, english, chinese, and any one who is not white, male, and has a beer gut! Especially brown people, they are terrorists!

Edit: forgot a /sarcasm, and funding not finding

And mu grandma says I am fluent in french

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well i lived i n germany for most of my live but i started using english programs early and then with english classes from 5th grade i started watching series and movies in english. so i was always best in class because i had extra practice. then at college i had really great practice since there were a lot of international people running around in the dorm. all iin all i think my "talking" english used to be better in college my "writing" english has always been kinda shit :D

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Well can your native language change? I've spoken Japanese for the first 7 years of my life, and then I moved to the states, after 3-4 years my primary language changed to English. Does that mean my native language is English?

I think 7 years is already a very long time, personally I wouldn't say "native speaker", but in my school the requirement for a native speaker is only to have lived in an english speaking country for a year

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well i lived i n germany for most of my live but i started using english programs early and then with english classes from 5th grade i started watching series and movies in english. so i was always best in class because i had extra practice. then at college i had really great practice since there were a lot of international people running around in the dorm. all iin all i think my "talking" english used to be better in college my "writing" english has always been kinda shit :D

that's the case for many people I know. I go to a billingual school which means everything is taught in english, but most/some test are in german so some people get by with less english

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Murican is the language of the free! We blow up shit, get drunk, and force democracy on the Middle East-while finding terrorist groups! God bless 'Murica, and god damn the frogs, english, chinese, and any one who is not white, male, and has a beer gut! Especially brown people, they are terrorists!

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Finnish is my native language, but I am often mistaken for a native English speaker. People presume I am american at first, apparently I have an american accent even though I am Finnish.

 

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Not native, but I speak English very well. You could consider me a native.

(just can't get any accent down, I mix accents.) But I know many many words and write it almost flawlessly.

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Murican is the language of the free! We blow up shit, get drunk, and force democracy on the Middle East-while finding terrorist groups! God bless 'Murica, and god damn the frogs, english, chinese, and any one who is not white, male, and has a beer gut! Especially brown people, they are terrorists!

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F#@k yea!

Netherlands is superior imo. By far.

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Netherlands is superior imo. By far.

...

Because he had a hard drive.

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I come from the true land of English. 'Ello, 'ello, 'ello. 

What do they know of England, who only England know?

"Well that's what I always said I wanted to be remembered for, for being honest. Nothing else is worth a damn"
 

 

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that's the case for many people I know. I go to a billingual school which means everything is taught in english, but most/some test are in german so some people get by with less english

well the school was pure german. but we had a lot of koreans and others around the dorm because they were working here for a year or so so it was really more of a dorm thing instead of school thing. 

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No joke!

Better beer, not such a huuuuge country, less rules overall, higher quality food in general, bikes everywhere, good public transportation(mostly). Rarely people walking around with guns.

What more do you want?

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No joke!

Better beer, not such a huuuuge country, less rules overall, higher quality food in general, bikes everywhere, good public transportation(mostly). Rarely people walking around with guns.

What more do you want?

Lower Taxes

Because he had a hard drive.

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Lower Taxes

Guessing the taxes are around the same.

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Guessing the taxes are around the same.

21% Sales Tax...

Because he had a hard drive.

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21% Sales Tax...

It went to 17% for things like food, drink, books etc. Basics. A long time ago actually.

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It went to 17% for things like food, drink, books etc. Basics. A long time ago actually.

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(My Avatar will do the talking now)

Because he had a hard drive.

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(My Avatar will do the talking now)

Actually I looked it up, not even 17%, it's 6%, I was wrong.

NOW you should really quit. You are Beaten!

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