ZiggyOtaku wrote...
I only speak english, it's a very common thing for American's to be monolingual. I wish I could speak Spanish and German.
The spanish thing is due to the fact Spanish is a common language spoken in America, and despite everyone waving their arms around screaming that you can only speak english here - I don't really mind. Most spanish speaking adults (I mean like elders)and just can't psychologically learn a new language in their late stages of life, and almost everyone tries, it's just people don't take in mind that it'll be bad/slow. You just have to be patient. I think it's quite endearing when people try.
I know enough spanish that I was able to help someone at work get their order and a simple conversation. That's about it.
The reason for the German is due to it's very much in my blood. When my parents were married (I was an infant) They spoke German in the household, and my brother was going to start preschool. He didn't want to because.. he's just a brat and at school he'd refuse to speak english. So the school sent home a notice asking about it, and my brother made my mom and dad stop speaking it in the house.
So thanks to my brother I never learned German :x Mom says she all but forgets it now.
I've heard that it's quite difficult to learn German when you've never spoke any German before, so .. yeah, your brother sucks ^^
(sorry, didn't want to insult your brother, I'm just kidding :) )