INSATIABLE said:

So is the winner the person who gets the most corrections?

Or the person who gets away with murdering the queen's English?


I say it's the most corrections. Cause that means you'd have to work hard to win. Whereas if it's the other way around (avoiding being corrected), you could always just not use the fake words more to win.


This shit will be funnnaaaay

I KNOW Jamie is on board with it

Yes, I've also noticed that many European orgers have quite good English skills, especially those from Holland or any of the Nordic countries. I can't speak for people from other countries but I think the reason Icelanders have in general good (or at least decent) English skills is because most of the programming on TV and most movies in theaters are in English with Icelandic subtitles. I do feel, however, that most Icelanders have a harder time speaking English than understanding or writing English.

Most of my vocabulary I gained early on from watching English and American TV shows in their original language with subtitles. When I was growing up, even some animated shows for children, like Muppet Babies, were not dubbed in Icelandic but had Icelandic subtitles. All animated shows are now dubbed except more adult-oriented shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy.
As far as humour goes, I grew up watching British shows like Allo Allo, Blackadder, Keeping up Appearances and American shows like Sledge Hammer, The Simpsons, Friends, Seinfeld etc. ... Nowadays I have much wider tastes but this is the stuff that I remember the most.

Yes, I do sometimes feel self-conscious about it. I don't have a specific accent, but I rather tend to adapt my accent according to my "crowd". My earliest memory of keeping up a conversation with a native English speaker was when I went to England with my parents when I was 10. People were really surprised I could speak the language so well. At the time I adopted some kind of posh accent which I would NEVER attempt today.
I also remember going to Dublin last year and in my attempt to chat up two girls at some bar I revealed that I was from Iceland, but they thought I was from Dublin!

Serious said:

yeah me too!

Imago said:

I'm so behind, though. You're three hours ahead of me and his ass is what, eight? Maybe because I'm so over-aware of mistakes, I could tally you both.

What's the prize?

Lammastide said:

Milty said:

This thread needs to be edited again .

Teacher's my boo.

AndGodCreatedMe said:

Thanks Petra .

I was in 'English Playschool' back when I was a kid, and I've studied English in school since the first grade, so I've been 'speaking' English for around 16 years now

Some of my friends are quite good at English, but I'm the best of the bunch

And all this because of a certain mister Marshall.

The weird thing is that humor is pretty much a cultural/local thing. Understanding it, and even moreso, liking it takes some time.

As for the dutch, it's not that they like the English language, they're not particularly interested at all, it's just commerce! If you can't speak to them, you can't take their money!

Me? I'm from Switzerland...

Sander said:

So your first language is French, German, Italian or retoromanic or whatever it is called in english?

Serious said:

I'm European, so my first language is Esperanto!

No I said Switzerland as I was trying to be neutral, sorry. A good thing I'm not, since that Switzerdeutch is impossible to understand! Can you make sense of it, Serious?

Sander said:

Ooh, joe moest bie Doetch, cuz joe certainly zoooound high.

Sander said:

So where are you really from ?

HamsterHuey said:

That would explain it all .

Serious said:

Sander is a seriously cute guy with amazing taste in music, as I keep bumping into him at hot concerts.

Too bad about that cute girlfriend.

HamsterHuey said:

I see . So he is dutch and pretended to be swiss .

Serious said:

The little coin fell, as we like to say in Holland.
[Edited 3/20/08 16:48pm]

HamsterHuey said:

We say that as well: Der Groschen ist gefallen .

Serious said:

CLOINK

Anyways. Did I say Sander is cute? Cuz he is.

HamsterHuey said:

Without a picture to proof it I won't believe it .

English is my 3rd language, I learned it when we moved to Australia!

HamsterHuey said:

Ah, well. As there was a thread about how people change every 7 years (or the seven year itch as you will), it affected me too. As I find myself to be a single again after seven years. But thanks for the compliments though.

And you, hook up with Dan, quick!

what does he want ?

Sander said:

Oh sod Dan.

Sorry to hear, mate. The seven year itch, huh? Was it your itch, her itch or a mutual itch?

PS. I am single too! It's meant to be!! Or are you still straight?

petski said:

I see from your post that your grasp of English and the way it is constructed leaves a lot to be desired, if you properly understood what was written you would have understood the point being made, but you missed it completely and went on your diatribe. Perhaps a visit to the library would help, or perhaps so home schooling.

petski said:

[Edited 3/21/08 2:03am]

petski said:

Imago said:

Fucking cocksucker!

2freaky4church1 said:

True But you haven't heard my lack of an accent yet