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[Pasi Tiitinen]

, compared to let's say germans, finns and spaniards where the accent is quite heavy.

You should hear my brilliant Oxford accent.

[BloodBoal]

I can hear it from where I am, and it is awful. Awful, I tell ya! Sounds like a Texan trying to speak Japanese!

[Miles Prower]

It's apparent that you guys are going to continue to make fun / mock my posts and knock me down because of some of my typos, I'm done with this thread.

God forbid you have a sense of humor about yourself, eh? Entire friendships of mine are built on making fun of each other for the goof-ups we say.

Anyway... English is my main language, and I know some Italian (parlo male) and French (parle très mal).

[Chaac]

Entire friendships of mine are built on making fun of each other for the goof-ups we say.

This happens to me as well

[Luke Skywalker]

i think that when i speak in english, i speak with spaniard accecnt more or less depurated with american and british intonation mixxes

[Chaac]

I find it hilarious when I like a dialogue in a film, and I'm unable to pronounce it exactly the same way for no apparent reason.

[Wojo]

Trent, we wouldn't poke fun at you if we didn't like you.

[Quint]

Pass the sick bucket

[Thor]

I speak Norwegian (duh!), English and Danish fluently. Then I'm pretty fluent in German and French.

Having a knowledge of Latin terms etc., makes it fairly possible to communicate on basic terms in Spanish and Italian too. I noticed that when I was in Rome this weekend, even though I don't speak Italian per se.

[Chaac]

I speak Norwegian (duh!), English and Danish fluently. Then I'm pretty fluent in German and French.

Having a knowledge of Latin terms etc., makes it fairly possible to communicate on basic terms in Spanish and Italian too. I noticed that when I was in Rome this weekend, even though I don't speak Italian per se.

Your first Romance language is the harder. Then the others are a bit easier because you recognize many words, they use similar word orders etc, that's the thing with the "Walhaz".

On the other hand the simplification of English grammar isn't helping me with German right now.

[gkgyver]

I speak fluently English (duh) and used to speak French until my foreign exchange to France pissed me off hard enough to make a vow never to speak French again unless my well-being depended on it.

I can still translate Latin if it isn't speeches of Cicero or Julius Caesar. A former girlfriend could fluently speak Latin. My Latin teacher could doit as well. He was in a circle that only spoke Latin. They didn't sacrifice children though.