Would you be able to adjust?
Say you live in England and your parents decide you are moving to, say, the US, or another 'English' speaking country. Would you be able to handle that and adjust and make new friends? What if you'd move to The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, or another country with a language you don't speak? Would you be able to live there and make friends, even though you don't speak the language at all? I'm curious! =) Vote/comment plz: http://suggestions.yahoo.com/detail/?prop=answers&fid=145370 Suggested category: Computers & Internet > Hardware > Laptops & Notebooks haha =)
Adolescent - 13 Answers
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Answer 1 :
Well I grew up in Ireland and then moved to England...and I didn't speak very good English.
Answer 2 :
For me,just knowing me now I couldn't I'd take adjusting to all of that so hard.haha,like I can't even make new friends in a place I've lived in for 15 years,put me somewhere new? impossible
Answer 3 :
I think that I would be able to deal with moving to another ENGLISH speaking country. I think it would be a good opportunity to meet many people and it would be very preferable rather than going to a country where I DON'T speak the language. I think the hardest part would be missing people from here in Australia. I'm such a homely person and I don't like leaving for long periods of time. I like the security of having my own space, my own country and things that I am familar with. If you took that away from me, I'm sure I would at least be a little upset! The hardest thing is about keeping in contact with friends and overseas phonecalls can be expensive! My friend moved to England and I miss her more than anything. I know it would have been hard for her. I spent two weeks at a Japanese school. I speak basic Japanese and many of the students spoke little English. I had translating devices that translated into complete nonsense. It was amazing though! So much of how we communicate isn't through words at all. I felt so welcome and happy even if we barely could understand each other. When neither of us knew what we were talking about, it was a tiny bit awkward and made me miss home. I was one of the only people in the group who spoke the language and had to translate for another girl which was difficult and alot of pressure. If I were by MYSELF and had NO knowledge of the language, it would be horrible. I don't think I would've coped. It would be an interesting experience though!
Answer 4 :
good one umm i dont really kno about the dffrent language but yer i would try and over come the language barrier
Answer 5 :
I know, it just made me post in the wrong place accidentally and when I asked a question about fairies it suggested finance! I think people can adjust, especially if they have the people they love the most around them to help.
Answer 6 :
I moved from England to Scotland when I was 10. I hated it at first and I was incredibly angry at my parents from taking me away from my school, my friends, my whole life. The Scottish kids couldn't understand me with my accent, and I couldn't understand them! But I got over it and I made new friends pretty quickly. I think moving to a country with a different language would have been harder. But kids pick up languages amazingly fast. I think the older you are, the more difficult it is to relocate and feel at home in a new city, or country.
Answer 7 :
I don't think I could handle that very well. I don't make friends very well to begin with so moving to a totally different country would be a disaster for me.
Answer 8 :
yeah i would adjust.. it'd take time but i think i will be alright. i will my friends though:)
Answer 9 :
I might be OK with an English speaking country, but I would feel very cut off going to a country like France or Germany.
Answer 10 :
I would be a bit nervous to begin with, but once I settled in, worked out currency, where the good shops and foods shops are, I’d be right! I’m pretty out going and confident. It’s nothing for me to say hello and stop and chat to a random in the street about how nice their hair is or where I’ve seen them before! I have been to Japan, went there in January of 2005 for 2 weeks. I speak a little Japanese and could have a basic conversation and I think if I knew the language fluently. I think I’d adapt well. I absolutely loved it! I love new things and being thrown into situations that test me mentally (like language barriers). I don’t think I’d ever survive somewhere like Iraq, Lebanon, Bali, China, and those types of places. I could easily (well so I think) adapt to Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, US, Serbia, New Zealand, Tonga, Germany, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, UK Greece (I have family that lives there) and a few others. I’d love it!
Answer 11 :
No not usually. I don''t do well with stuff like that.
Answer 12 :
im a military brat so yes i coped fine. i moved from south carolina to turkery, from turkey to arizona, from arizona to japan, from japan to delaware, from delaware back to japan, from japan to fort worth texas. all within 16 years. so whoever it is thats moving will be fine.
Answer 13 :
If I wanted to move, I probably could do it. But, I mean, right now I would hate it because I like it in Michigan, but if I hated it, I think I could adjust. When I was in Italy, I become pretty good friends with siblings from Scotland. We had a lot to talk about, even though we knew little about each others country. But, some words that they said in their accent made me laugh. Like, the words "ass" they said "ahhsss" and "rat" they said "rahht". I don't know why but every time they said it I cracked up. If I moved to a country where very little to no English is spoken, I would have a really hard time. I can pick up new languages pretty fast, but not well enough to be able to enjoy talking to people. I probably couldn't make friends easily, I don't think I would be confident enough to speak to them, knowing most of the words wouldn't come out right
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