As a moderator, I contributed to this instance and tried to discuss languages (Languages on Autism Place) or playing Minecraft (Minecraft on Autism Place) but sometimes I get torn between pursuing languages (and their corresponding cultures, countries, and being able to talk to them) or focusing on my regular daily life speaking English and practicing foreign languages as a second pastime.
I know some speak foreign languages here, but does anyone else practice foreign languages besides who I know?
So, I really liked French in college (3 years!) and taught myself Esperanto, and thought, “I know! I love languages… I’ll get a minor in linguistics!”
Yeah, no. I discovered pretty quickly that linguistics has nothing to do with learning to speak a bunch of languages, and was just endless sentance diagramming and instructors who are fascinated by glottal stops.
So I went and lived in Germany for a couple of years and learned to speak that, and then had to stop the fun and start a career. Now, I have forgotten all of my French and most of my German, and my Esperanto is crap, too, and so I’m back down to measly English.
It’s actually the opposite for me; Love learning about different languages grammar rules, phonologies, scripts/orthographies, evolution of languages, and stuff like that, but I always struggle to learn languages (even struggled learning English as a kid), but nonetheless, since I am trying to move to Puerto Rico, I am trying my best to learn Spanish, although it’s hard since I already have trouble with auditory comprehension of language (regardless of what it is), combined with the fact that Spanish speakers tend to speak faster than English speakers
That’s awesome, I’m glad you found it enjoyable. Did you tale linguistic classes?