Crackstar, your English, if the above is an average example, is ruddy marvellous and I would have no idea whatsoever that it wasn't your first language. So you speak French, German, English and Hebrew? A polyglot, sir, you must surely be! In fact, your English is better than a lot of people I know!
Well since the first language of Quebec is French, I would say that isn't as bad as it might sound. If she is still young, she can still learn English and will most likely learn in school. Spanish is my second language and I'm not really that fluent in it. When I was little, my mom used to teach me but at school I wasn't allowed to speak it. The "experts" also told her not to teach me because it would impair my learning... They were very wrong. However, my dad is American and speaks very broken Spanish and didn't speak it any better when I was little. It's not too late for your daughter, force her to learn English, she won't forget the Hebrew or French.
Dude Scottish accents are among my favorites. I would love to visit Scotland. I've been to England and Ireland and they fell in love with my accent. I could listen to Sottish people talk all day though.
Ryan, the French spoken in the province of Quebec is completely different from the French that my wife and I, and our daughter speak in terms of pronounciation and in many cases, vocabulary. We sent her to a Jewish school here that also teaches English, but her teacher tells us she has made almost no progress in the language. I notice that if I say anything in English to her, she either looks at me like I'm from Mars, or she walks away. I hope one day she will start to absorb English. Graeme, I am fluent in Hebrew, French, 4 dialects of Arabic, German, Yiddish, Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Swahili, and Lingala, which is another language spoken in central Africa. I would say my English is the weakest of all my languages, however I do thank you very much for the kind compliment!
Aye, that it is, lad! My brother-in-law is here right now, and he's an English-language specialist. He's Israeli of Moroccan background also - my wife's brother, and he can speak like a real Brit, and his Scottish accent is also second to none!
Well, I know the Spanish spoken is different in every country where it's spoken. Of course Puerto Rican Spanish is totally different from Argentine Spanish and is totally different Andaulician and Castellano. So I would assume the French is different in Quebec just like it is in Haiti and France. If your daughter hears English enough, she'll fall right into it. Don't give up on speaking English to her. If my mom wouldn't have stopped speaking Spanish to me, I would be fluent in that. I know for certain that my kids will grow up speaking Spanish and English. It also makes it more certain because the girl I want to marry is Mexican.
Wow! If English is your weakest then my goodness, you must know the rest of your broad linguistic spectrum fairly intimately. I feel rather embarrassed for both myself and my country. We are so insular, lazy, demanding and quite often insulting when it comes to other languages. I'd love to hear your Brother-in-Law's accent some time. It'll be 'fair braw' I bet. Och aye the noo, Jimmy! The Shave Den. What an education and the shaving advice ain't bad either! Weel, ah'm fair knackert so ah'm aff tae ma kip. Yin o'cloak in the moarnin' here, ye ken.
