Languages and Culture Cultural Backgrounds

I would like to know what everyones cultural background is.

I am part Swedish (Viva la SWEDES!), Icelandic, German, Spanish, Austrian, Swiss, and Russian. V. Diverse.

 

Part German, Polish, Italian, Slovish (or something) and French.

I don't know which roots are my strongest and such, I think my great grandmother on my father's side was from Italy, though. Not sure, though, since I never cared for my father's side.

 

Background & the Language(s) You Speak

Hopefully this thread will get people talking in this forum. Here's two simple questions:

1.) What's your background? As in, where are you from?

2.) What other language(s) can you speak aside from English?


My Personal Answers:

1.)I'm half Jamaican and half Canadian(i think my dad's Canadian, if not, BLEH)...i have like 7.5% German somewhere in me

2.) I can only speak English (woot) and Jamaican slang, heh. I know a bit of French from the nine bloody years of learning it in school. I'm also trying to learn Japanese at the moment

 

Im mostly Korean some Japanese

i speak English and Japanese fluently and some broken Spanish and a little tiny bit of French...

 

Hmm, well I'm half arabic (but I've been born and raised in the U.S ^^), and part English, Irish, and I think a very small fraction of me is German.

Languages? English of course... and Pig Latin XD. But no, I don't really know any foreign languages, though I'm starting French next year so hopefully I'll learn something.

 

I speak Spanish (fluent), German, a lil ASL, starting Italian, and im still not done!

 

I'm of basically European and Native American descent. It's tough for me to name everything, but Normandy French, English, Scottish, Irish, and a whole bunch of other European places, as well as Acadian and Native American.

Edit: I forgot German out of the ones I know for sure .

I speak English, French and Spanish fluently, and can make my way in Japanese, German, Italian and I know some latin, Chinese and Korean, as well as a few others.

 

I'm:

Spanish
Mexican (yes those are two seperate cultures)
Native-American
Dutch
Irish
Scotish
British
Swedish

And I think that's it.

 

I find it funny that while boards.jp is based on the japanese culture, not a single person has stated that they're even the tiniest bit Japanese ^_^

 

I'm Dutch and Filipino; my mom's a Tiduray from the southren Philippines and my dad's from Holland. I'm growing up in Canada and have never been on a plane..

I speak and write in English, and can understand some German and Spanish[mostly ones on my webhosts' sites ^^;], and speak and write Japanese from a beginners' course.

That blue-green script in my sig is an extinct Filipino syllabic alphabet, Baybayin; spelling out 'sa ka na' :catgirl:

 

i was born in usa and still live here im very mixed but not mixed looking.im part irish,polish,welsh,indian,italian,french,spanish i think,and american.english too. :anime:

but i only speak english i want to learn japanese.im going to learn japanese :anime:

oh and im part russian and german.

 

i did. im a 1/4 Japanese. 3/4 Korean.

 

Wow, i didn't know a lot of people have so many in their backgrounds...like 5 or 6! i feel so plain

 

Let's see, I'm French, British, Scottish, Irish, Portuguese and Melungeon (and proud of it). My maternal great grandmother was half-Cherokee, so I have a bit of that in me as well. For some reason most people think I'm of German descent, but as far as I know I don't have a drop of German blood in me.

I speak English and a little bit of French. My father's side of the family used to speak French fluently as well as English, but my grandmother put a stop to it because she had no idea what they were saying.

 

Herm. . . . Welch, English, Scottish, Chaldean, Slavonic, and a small bit of Ukrainian. (some of those spellings I think are wrong. . .^^;; ) I think thats it. . o_o

 

im 3/4 Polish and 1/4 Russian. My family lives in Russia and I study in Australia. I speak Russian Polish and English all fluent :anime: . Also i speak a little bit of Italian(i went there for holidays for 3 month) and Japanese(i have a Japanese flatmate).

 

Well, basically I'm 1/2 Australian, 1/2 Kiwi (New Zealand)
*glares at boards* NO SHEEP JOKES!! You have been warned.... :catgirl:
I am also of Irish descent too. My grandmothers parents were Irish. Oh and my great-great grandparents were Japanese. I...think....

I'm fluent in English and German, have some basic understanding of other launguages like Japanese and French (I said BASIC though lol) and let's not forget my amazing Pig Latin and Double Dutch skills

 

well i am 70% Italian(but dont look like it) 15% Irish(Freckles suck) about 5% Spanish and about 10% English(British) Thats about it i do speak Italian too :anime:

 

I am mostly German, but also am Swedish(about an 1/8), English, and, I think, Irish.

I was born in the US, so therefore know English. I know French decently well, but not fluently(I'm working on it). I can understand a smattering of German and Spanish too. Both my parents speak German fluently.

 

me hispanic.