The funny thing about being a third-culture kid is that I have no idea if German, English, or Arabic is my first language

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• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨55⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Arabic first, English second, German third. Obviously.

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• Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Kein Problem, Habibi, just be yourself.

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• grranibal@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not funny in any language ;-;

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Now now, that’s not fair. You’re probably hilarious in Swahili, but just haven’t found out yet.

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    • frischkaesbagett@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Can confirm. Every swahilispeakinging person I know talks about how funny grranibal would be.

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• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I get confused when I dream in other languages. Like, I guess that’s my first language at the moment.

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  • cruseo@piefed.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This has happened to me once or twice, and I always found it extremely bizarre in my dreams when my friends were all speaking ancient Latin lol

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• Undoobitably@fedinsfw.app ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you acquired them all in early childhood they’re all your first language.

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• damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What’s a third culture?

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  • okwhateverdude@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    kid born from immigrant parents that each immigrated from different countries.

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    • damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ah! Wow!

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• Snowclone@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I had brain surgery and hand to relearn how to talk and express my self and it was not working at all for years until I started trying to learn Spanish again, and then I realized that was my first language when everything clicked.

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• TabbsTheBat@pawb.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sometimes I will make jokes to my friends that are untranslatable to english, and giggle to myself about it, while all of them are confused lol… but I think im also relatively funny in english and my other non-native languages, which is fine enough :3

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• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Miss Worldwide

  You should be at home in NYC, and can probably find other people like you

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• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You’re Swiss-Saudi?

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  • jdr@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    What is the wealthiest nationality?

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  • itsviolet@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, I’m fully Swiss, but I grew up in the Gulf and was educated entirely in English. I had a bunch of local Arab friends, so unlike most Westerners in the region, I learned Arabic.

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• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The trick is to be equally unfunny in every language. Here's how you do it:

  I hear mines hate being stepped on. Apparently it triggers them.

  Once you become proficient in the dark arts, barriers of language become mere opportunities to display your power.

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  • jdr@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    You’re thinking of mimes

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• r@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I feel this deeply

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• 2ndDegreeOWO@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  True humor transcends language barriers. If you have difficulty being funny in a different language, it means you’re relying too heavily upon puns.

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  • zout@fedia.io ⁨15⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I don't think so, every language has some concepts or words that translate poorly. Languages are also rooted in culture, so for instance some jokes in the English language are either hilarious or meh or fall flat depending on if you're in the US, the UK or Australia.

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• FishFace@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Valid.

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