Originally posted by Twisterdog
Wow, that's very impressive!


I guess I take it for granted then, because I don't find it impressive. I know this guy who knows 11 languages. Now THAT'S impressive!

English/Urdu/Punjabi..........I grew up with them.........have been hearing/speaking them since I learned to talk, so they all come naturally to me. I have a bit of an accent with Urdu and Punjabi...........well, my cousins say so. They say I sound like a confused American when I speak it (which I KNOW I do, because I keep adding an English word in every other sentence to make up for the word that flew out of my mind while I'm speaking). LOL! English is by far the language I'm best it, but that's obviously because its my first language, and the language I grew up with, both at home and in society. Urdu and Punjabi I got just from home, so its a bit messed up, accent-wise.

Arabic is the additional language that I've learned a bit. I learned to read it very young.............probably around 6-7 years old. I can't make out everything that I read though, but when we travel to the Middle East, I can read all the signs, and try to figure out what they mean. Its so funny how they write Burger King and McDonalds, etc. in Arabic. Makes me laugh...........cause they don't have all the *letters* we have in English, in Arabic, so the way they write *Burger King* in Arabic reads as *Burjer Kinj*. LOL