What language do you speak best?

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@politipet C’est déjà pas mal je dirais ! (Vu le nombre de personnes germanophones et anglophones qui me suivent.)

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@rauschma @CStamp Chose English, as it’s the one I learned first.

Alternative choice: French

[siavogel@mastodon.nl]

@rauschma Netherlands / Dutch

[wfk@social.v.st]

@rauschma I had to check the definition of "native language". Conclusion: By the literal description as given by dictionary.com, German does qualify as that. However, given that it is also considered synonymous to "first language", I am not entirely sure what the actual intent of the dictionary editor was, as I would not consider it my first language...
Generally, the use of the terms "native language" and "first language" in English seems very fuzzy and ill-considered.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@mdione Apologies for the silly joke: I’m pretending that “Other” is a language.

[ellohir@mastorol.es]

@rauschma I think you can add as many as you want?

[mauvedeity@mastodon.social]

@rauschma EN:GB, as it happens.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@NullTheFool ¡Disculpe! Tenía que elegir: https://fosstodon.org/@rauschma/117430069059928752

[tykayn@mastodon.cipherbliss.com]

@rauschma
5400 votes, c'est probablement le sondage qui a le plus de votes dans le fediverse jusqu'ici

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@resmo Bin immer wieder überrascht wie gut Schweizerdeutsch klingt und wie wenig ich verstehe! Deutsche Dialekte nehmen gefühlt stark ab (ich spreche auch Bayerisch), aber in der Schweiz ist ja sogar viel Fernsehen in Schweizerdeutsch.

[fartnuggets@jorts.horse]

@rauschma typescript

[lmgenealogy@mstdn.ca]

@rauschma But I also get by in French.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@wfk True! I thought they were the same, but "first language" seems like an overall better/clearer term.

[clv1@mementomori.social]

@matt @rauschma Brazilian Portuguese.

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@ellohir Nice! I can see that poll but I can’t create such a poll myself.

[sherwoodinc@floss.social]

@rauschma Spanish here

[rauschma@fosstodon.org]

@fartnuggets Definitely a global language!

[isagalaev@mastodon.social]

@rauschma still, reality is apparently proving me wrong

[murdoc@autistics.life]

@rauschma
It can allow more options, but I believe that that has to be enabled by the instance admin.

[wfk@social.v.st]

@rauschma for me, German is "second language" by a very thin margin...
Things get confusing when you are born in one country, grow up in another, live on a site with a third language in active use, your parents natively speak one language but have been using another on a daily basis for years.
It seems that many implicit assumptions of many (monolingual) native English speakers start falling apart at that point.