symbol 0 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 My English seems to be getting crapper the longer I am here. Anyone else find this to be the case? Link to post Share on other sites
DrMabuse 0 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Love the 3rd option! Link to post Share on other sites
Bowler 0 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 My English haven't get any badder! Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 "Me fail english! That's unpossible!" Link to post Share on other sites
MistaSparkle 0 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I'm exciting to learn Japanese, but I'm scary to forget English. Link to post Share on other sites
slimeypete 0 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I'm decreasing them too. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I think there's greater danger of that the closer the language is to yours. My English mate who lives in Germany speaks German well and speaks Englisch now like a moron, how you say in Englisch 'gemutlich'? Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Of course not that, it's not the right. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 I wasn't sure if it was living in Japan or because so much of my day to day conversation is typed into a forum or a ketai. Bowler - I can believe that Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Without a doubt. I used to work in a law firm and wrote elegant pleadings to impress the court.. Now...wakaaaanai! Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 I've been receiving constant criticisms from my girl recently about talking to non-native speakers (outside Japan) in pigeon (even to her at times)... but I don't think I do ... Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 My English isn't getting worse but I do feel like Dr Steven Hawkins "language machine" throughout the school day! Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 That sounds like fun! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Alarming that you start to get bad at your own lingo. Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan 0 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 When......you......talk......like......this......all.....day......you......get.......fed.......up! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 You actually with us and in Osaka then now Mr Matthews? Link to post Share on other sites
BigSausage 0 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Definitely worse, although my English has never been perfect. Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan 0 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Fujiidera! And a "Leo Palace" is blatant false advertising! Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 Most definitely. When I go back home I spend the first few days getting up to speed with my talking. Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Oh yeah, kinda sad - and people back home can't understand. Link to post Share on other sites
bong 0 Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 Sure do, works that way ^ lack of practise Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 I notice when I go back home, and people tell me I'm speaking rubbish English Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Most definitely, its bound to happen if you're not speaking the lingo all day every day and what you are speaking is simple English. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Then why does my English get worse but my Japanese doesnt seem to get better Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 I know more English grammer rules now than I have ever known (but still not many). Link to post Share on other sites
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