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sonicku · 1 day ago

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34 years of racing, friendship, mysteries, and delicious cake.

Happy Birthday, Sonic!

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sonicku · 5 days ago

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sonicku · 7 days ago

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Sonic + Friends Language Headcanon Post!

(Written from the perspective of an American English speaker! If you have a different native language, substitute "English" and "ASL" with your native ones.)

Sonic is, of course, the polyglot of the group. He's always had an interest in connecting with people across language barriers. He used to do it nonverbally, but now that words are easier for him he likes to learn enough to say hello! He knows how to order food, read signs, and generally ask if a person is doing okay. I headcanon that he's damn near fluent in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and ASL; conversable at Japanese; and serviceable at about a dozen other languages, including Chinese, Arabic, Swahili, Hindi, Finnish, etc. His secret is regular practice with native speakers as he globetrots and a willingness to make mistakes. He's kinda got the Youtuber Polyglot thing going on, except he's not doing it for clout.

Tails knows six programming languages! Does that count? Other verbal languages besides his native English don't really stick with him. He knows a handful of phrases in various languages due to sheer proximity with Sonic. He also understands a lot of ASL, but can't sign himself all that well.

Amy also struggles to remember new languages, but she does put a lot of effort into learning them! She's a pro at learning the basics and important phrases of languages associated with the places she travels. Basically, she's your second pick (next to Sonic) if you're going on vacation and need someone to help translate basic stuff! She's a huge fan of duolingo, lol.

Knuckles knows Echidnean and English! Learning English kinda sucked, but he powered through. He reads, and especially writes, much easier in his native Echidnean. That doesn't stop him from making meticulous notes in English about his home culture so that it gets preserved. He has mixed feelings about wanting to teach anyone else how to speak Echidnean- even though Sonic has already volunteered to learn.

Rouge is native in English, conversational in Spanish from her mom's side, and knows a smattering of French because she took it in middle school when she thought she was going to be a high fashion model when she grew up. She'll learn other bits and pieces of languages as the mission requires. She's a fairly fast learner- a shame she doesn't have a lot of interest in it.

Shadow doesn't know any languages other than English. He knows that Gerald sometimes swore in some sort of Slavic language, but he can't remember which one it was, and frankly he's not interested in learning. Meanwhile, Rouge is currently trying to teach him bits of Spanish but it's not going super well. Amy tried to introduce him to duolingo but that also isn't going well given his struggles with modern technology.

Omega has 20 of the world's most common languages built into his translation software, and speaks them with all the grace and dignity of google translate. He either sounds insanely highbrow or like he's speaking complete gibberish. He can't be bothered to really "learn" any of them. It drives Sonic insane.

Vector is a native English speaker, but he did grow up adjacent to a lot of Louisiana Creole. He took a few years of French in high school and more of it stuck than he thought it would.

Espio is native in Japanese and almost fluent in English. He's also a fan of Conlangs- I think he'd like Toki Pona.

Charmy knows English and that's it. He is six years old, please give him a break.

Cream knows English. She is also six years old. However, she has expressed interest in picking up some words from Sonic in whatever language he feels like at the time- right now she's working on the ASL alphabet.

Vanilla knows English and a smattering of Czech from her mother's side. She finds it difficult to want to teach Cream any though. However, she's delighted by Sonic wanting to teach Cream ASL, and is currently working on the ASL alphabet with her.

Blaze is also a polyglot! She speaks five languages fluently- four from her home dimension, and English. She's conversational in a lot of other languages from her own dimension, and right now she's currently bugging anyone that will spend the time to teach her some Spanish. Sonic might know more languages total, but she prefers depth instead of breadth.

Silver knows English and smatterings of a dead language- Italian!

Robotnik is native in English, fluent in Polish from his grandfather's side, and two of his (how many?) doctorates are in Spanish and Japanese respectively. However, he's also prone to learning whatever new language Sonic uses to insult him. He can't stand not knowing what sort of shit Sonic is talking about him.

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sonicku · 7 days ago

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What a ghostly float