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Not a rhetorical question, I'm just asking if you people do SPEAK [well] english (not write/type, speak, like in phone etc).
OF COURSE, it does NOT concern American, British, Canadian, Australian people and every other country/island which has english as native language.
I'm wondering as writing is a thing, talking it is another!

I do speak it averagely. Problems with accent sometimes, but can say it's well speaking.
How about you?

the same like you...

ich habla many языки

btw: lots of ppl from the british isles have accent problems...

Earendil wrote:of course I speak and write it perfectly, I'm an American

/sarcasm off

I did say not english natives..

My native language is Afrikaans, though my English isn't too bad. It is one of our country's major languages, however. I think in many of former British colonies you'll find that English is a fairly well spoken language.

The phrase "I talk it perfectly" lacks proper grammar.
You do not "talk" a language, you "speak" or "use" it.

And you could have used a pm to correct my mistake, to avoid to make me look stupid infront of others..

LegendaryApophis wrote:And you could have used a pm to correct my mistake, to avoid to make me look stupid infront of others..

Oh, no I wouldn't. In the interest of everyone here, I educate all who did not notice that minor error.

This is, after all, a thread where people claim mastery of English.

*strolls in from the ICU, lab coat billowing, chart under arm.*

Universe wrote:

LegendaryApophis wrote:And you could have used a pm to correct my mistake, to avoid to make me look stupid infront of others..

Oh, no I wouldn't. In the interest of everyone here, I educate all who did not notice that minor error.

This is, after all, a thread where people claim mastery of English.

Well, I think game set and match really. I dont have anything to add.

Although, maybe you could have left it, let more people choose it as an option and then point it out. There is that dark humour of mine again...
That way does leave it open for someone else to steal the opportunity..hmmm...

*Dawdles off in the direction of the elevator reading his chart*

LegendaryApophis wrote:Not a rhetorical question, I'm just asking if you people do SPEAK [well] english (not write/type, speak, like in phone etc).
OF COURSE, it does NOT concern American, British, Canadian, Australian people and every other country/island which has english as native language.
I'm wondering as writing is a thing, talking it is another!

I do speak it averagely. Problems with accent sometimes, but can say it's well speaking.
How about you?

*well Irish is the OFFICAL first language *

yes i have no problem speaking english whatsoever

Corran Horn wrote:ich habla many языки

btw: lots of ppl from the british isles have accent problems...

Accent... problems?

Having a strong accent doesn't denote an inability to speak a language perfectly. There is no 'correct' dialect for English - not even the clipped, precise BBC version which we ram down the rest of the world's throats.

Yeah I speak English perfectly I'm an American we do everything GREAT. Can't you tell by how good our economy is doing right now.

Mordack wrote:

Corran Horn wrote:ich habla many языки

btw: lots of ppl from the british isles have accent problems...

Accent... problems?

Having a strong accent doesn't denote an inability to speak a language perfectly. There is no 'correct' dialect for English - not even the clipped, precise BBC version which we ram down the rest of the world's throats.

for example i have a problem with northern irish and cork accents... sometimes i just cannot understand what ppl are saying...

Universe wrote:

LegendaryApophis wrote:And you could have used a pm to correct my mistake, to avoid to make me look stupid infront of others..

Oh, no I wouldn't. In the interest of everyone here, I educate all who did not notice that minor error.

This is, after all, a thread where people claim mastery of English.

It's true, but the author, who made the spelling mistake, did not claim mastery of English. He claimed to be "average" only.

*admit sheepishly*
I did not notice it.