AAP 006: You can count the number of shows on two hands!

[tbailey]

oh - Amelie wow!

are you like a renaissance girl?
you've written three books already
and you draw and make graphic designs
and you know three languages! ...hmm i'm kinda jealous

jeez - i wish i could speak french
i think Europeans learn other languages easier than we Americans

[Spartan500]

man i need to come on this more often i didnt know there were podcasts lol and six man now im gonna have to catch up

[Luc]

Another great podcast Ciara! I loved the interview with our Lithuanian princess Amelie.

[TheBarrett]

Originally Posted by tbailey

oh - Amelie wow!

are you like a renaissance girl?
you've written three books already
and you draw and make graphic designs
and you know three languages! ...hmm i'm kinda jealous

jeez - i wish i could speak french
i think Europeans learn other languages easier than we Americans

That's preferably not true, it's just the fact English is a very simplified language compared to, say the Romance Languages. In a way it is also true, being as European countries are very close and diverse, our exposure to them is quite often. In Spain you's easily catch lots of Portuguese, English, and French, being the close relativity of those countries.

I myself know several asian languages and English, need to work my French and Swedish up.

[tbailey]

Originally Posted by TheBarrett

That's preferably not true, it's just the fact English is a very simplified language compared to, say the Romance Languages. In a way it is also true, being as European countries are very close and diverse, our exposure to them is quite often. In Spain you's easily catch lots of Portuguese, English, and French, being the close relativity of those countries.

I myself know several asian languages and English, need to work my French and Swedish up.

yes - you're right English is much simpler than compared to Spanish - i know for that for sure

And yes, geographical proximity to other nations is a definite salient factor in the bilingual composition of a population. This is especially pertinent when considering 16th/c empires such as Spain. In Spain not only geographical proximity but, in addition, maritime trade, i presume, historically has significantly shaped the linguistic demographical composition

[fsquared]

Originally Posted by tbailey

yes - you're right English is much simpler than compared to Spanish - i know for that for sure

And yes, geographical proximity to other nations is a definite salient factor in the bilingual composition of a population. This is especially pertinent when considering 16th/c empires such as Spain. In Spain not only geographical proximity but, in addition, maritime trade, i presume, historically has significantly shaped the linguistic demographical composition

Simplicity is in the eye of the beholder . Spanish is a lot easier to spell, for instance . I think "simplicity" all has to be gauged relative to your native language.

Regarding your second paragraph, are you talking about bilingualism within Spain, or people being LanguageX+Spanish bilingual elsewhere in the world?
It seems more like the latter, in which case I guess you're talking about places like Latin America (although Spanish has probably almost displaced all the other native languages in much of Latin America). I guess a similar statement could be made regarding English in North America and lots of other places, but policies regarding ethnic assimilation/etc. need to be taken into account as well.

TheBarrett, which Asian languages do you know, just out of curiosity?

[Amelie]

hahaha oh my goodness, i'm so excited, it was so strange to hear so much of what i've said! And Ciara you really pronounced my name not correctly but that's ok because probably in this forum i would be the only one who would pronounce it correctly xDD and mainly, without my interview this podcast was very cute and interesting and soooo....home'ish lol and thanks to everybody for the comments! and i know not 3 languages, i know 4-i know Russian a bit too.

[ciarac77]

Originally Posted by Amelie

hahaha oh my goodness, i'm so excited, it was so strange to hear so much of what i've said! And Ciara you really pronounced my name not correctly but that's ok because probably in this forum i would be the only one who would pronounce it correctly xDD and mainly, without my interview this podcast was very cute and interesting and soooo....home'ish lol and thanks to everybody for the comments! and i know not 3 languages, i know 4-i know Russian a bit too.

Well, sorry about that, I knew I was going to botch it. Even though I did wiki the Lithuanian language to try and attempt to get it correct. I guess I failed lol. I'm glad you go by Amelie instead.

[lefty12357]

I was very happy that you were interviewed, Amélie. I still hope to get your autograph when you become famous !

[Amelie]

Originally Posted by lefty12357

I was very happy that you were interviewed, Amélie. I still hope to get your autograph when you become famous !

you are very sweet, Lefty! the question is will i ever become famous. but i want that very much. eh,if that happens, just remind me yourself (and mention that you are Lefty) and you will surely get an autograph. c'est promis...