I think I have said this before, but I am an american citizen with english as my maiden language, however I can speak basic to moderate Chinese, including:

Yes/no 是/不是

like/dislike 喜欢/不喜欢

Foods 吃参

Directions 节，号

Name and age (haha, I am not giving you that)

Clothing 裤子

Countries 美国

Colors 盐灿

Numbers 一二三四五六七八九十，白

Date 二零一六年十一月八号

You get the point

I am an English speaking American who is completely igonorant to the culture and language of foreign countries.

But seriously, I have heard several people say stuff like “sorry for the bad English.” If you are one of these people, don’t worry! You speak English well and nobody would’ve known that English isn’t your first language. In fact, it seems like foreigners speak English better than Americans do, especially in the server chat where English speaking people aren’t concerned with proper English and foreigners try to use more proper English so English speaking people can understand them. I’m sure there’s a lot of culturally diverse people on, but unfortunately, you just can’t tell.

Sorry for the tangent. My comments tend to come out longer than they should.

Always lived in USA. Speaks English and have been taking Spanish for 2 years. Currently in a state of severe depression and nervousness as the recreation of Hitler takes over my homeland (Trump). Godspeed to all americans, I feel your pain.

I’m part Irish, part English. Buut, when I say English, I don’t mean stiff upper lip Oxfordridgechesterforthshireton. No, I mean the dirty part of England; the South West. Home of cider, cheese, and farmers. Oh boy, there are lots of farmers.

When it comes to foreign languages, I know a smattering of Welsh and Irish, and can hold a conversation in French (to a degree), although it is by no means my strongest area.

My favourite food has to be some of our local cuisine. Fish and chips is brilliant, but from personal experience, little else can beat an authentic ploughmans on a hot summer’s day. Apples too are a pastime round here; we cook them, boil them, mash them, drink them, squeeze them (then drink them again), and sometimes just give them to total strangers (this is actually a thing).

My half Irish-ness comes into play with regards to my accent, making me even more incomprehensible. But, we do have a home over there, and family, so I spend about 3-4 months every year enjoying hot sun, tanned girls, sandy beaches and exotic cuisine. Ha, no. Living in Ireland is much the same as living in the South West; every stranger becomes your best friend, you can only understand 1/3 people (which makes making these friends a real gift) and everybody knows absolutely everybody.

I have plans to explore the great wild world, and despite the fact I’m a minecraft nerd (sorta true!) I’m hoping to enlist in the Royal Navy as an officer. Difficult, but achievable, and it’ll mean I can realise my dreams of seeing the world!

Origin:

This is a little bit complicated but I’ll get at it. My father is French and mother is Turkish, they had me Los Angeles and then our family moved to London. I later moved to Paris where I live now. So thanks to my parents, by the age that I knew how to speak, I knew how to speak three languages ; French from my father, Turkish from my mother and English at school and outside of home. When arrived in Paris my parents were thoughtful to put me into an international school because of my ability to speak different languages and here I am now, learning German, second year and also learning Chinese for the 4th year now. ( I think )

Cultures: I’ve learned that German people are adorable when I went for a week to meet an exchange student I’d been emailing for a few months and saw that their cities and roads, public transportation and everything are much better made and maintained than here in France. Same thing with the Netherlands, where I go from time to time to visit my Turkish cousins (children of the sister of my mother).

Fun facts : France is the most touristic country in the world, and there are 15 million people that visit the country annually MORE than there are people already living in the country. ( Paris during the summer is an invasion of tourists, especially under the Eiffel tower)

Another Fun fact : In Turkey, “Donkey Head!” is an insult that’s a mix between idiot and jerk, but in an old fashioned way. Also, in more remote parts of turkey, fruit is at an average of 1TL per kilo. (0.28EURO or 0.31DOLLARS)

I love all foods except junk food, my body reacts badly to it. (I vomit)

So yeah, that’s for my part!

Origin:

I am German, but I have lived in the UK for 14 years, and have a joint citizenship. I am fluent in both English and German, I can speak some Spanish. I live in the South of England, and I’m lucky to have the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (HMS Victory) just a few minutes drive away from me. I regularly go over there to take pictures for new ship designs that I use in-game.

Cultures:

I travel a lot around Europe, and I love the scenary and food in Eastern Europe. Outside of Europe, I would really like to visit Japan. The people, the rich culture and food are simply amazing.

My culture, (from where I currently live in England:

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is a must see for anyone who loves ships. Fact. Apart from that, the scenery of the New forest is very nice down here. Fresh air, lots of opportunities to go sailing, fish and chips. I can’t complain really. Its a nice change from Germany, considering I spend a lot of time in-land near Frankfurt.

Food:

Pasta everything, and Mexican food. I love the spiciness of the Mexican food (not the American version of Tacos or whatever, I mean the authentic Mexican ones, made in Mexico). Mushrooms can go die in a hole.

Its nice seeing and reading about the diverse culture we bring together as one community. And with the internet – people can connect with one another from around the world, talk, play games, and chill. Its amazing if you consider it. 🙂

First of all, what an amazing thread!

My real names Tom, I’m born and live in the UK, Pretty much full blown British, Im drinking Tea as I write this! My language skills are limited to English (How very British!), I think the only French I remember is “Omelette du fromage” from dexters lab! Ha! I’ve always been a fan of running communities online, I’ve had many projects before PirateCraft getting people together around a certain subject! The only other game server I’ve run before this was a Counter Strike Source server that had a niche of “glass” based maps.

When it comes to food, you cant beat your own home country’s favourites can you!? Mine is by far a British Roast dinner, usually Beef rules above all but I wont shy away from a Chicken or Pork roast! (Now im hungry!)

Im a massive fan of travel and finding out more about how different cultures live around the world, were all the same humans but we all live so differently! I’ve been to places around Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, Next on my wishlist is either Japan or Norway, maybe next year! One thing that really surprised me about NYC is how safe I felt in it, When your going around a new city its quite easy to feel a bit out of place, but its amazing how friendly a lot of people are in the USA.

Pets; I love Dogs

Music, I cant believe this one hasn’t made it here yet! Im a massive fan of music, I listen to loads, Metal, Rock, D&B, Ray, Electro, Classic, Country, Spotify is fantastic for finding new stuff daily! Maybe we should have a shared Spotify playlist?