"How Well Do You Speak English?" Topic

On a scale of 0 (I don't speak English) to 10 (I am a master of the language).

So, ten is as high as it goes?

Well I speak American English well, "English" English not so versed in the idiom.

Odd question, is it aimed at Englishmen?

To the majority of the population of the world, I'm a 10.

Compared to my Oxbridge educated countrymen, and taking into account my frequent use of expletives, I'm a 5.

Like a native. Probably because I are one.

So, ten is as high as it goes?

Nah! Turn it up to 11!!

I have long retired from active participation, but I am still on the books as the TMP Grammer, and, Speling, Facscist, Emeritus.
Apparently Ser Davos Seaworth has taken up my mantle on Game of Thrones.

There are no 10s. I modestly claim a 9 for meself, hainna?

Terribly. But I am very fluent in Southern.

Somewhere towards the upper end of the scale.

Although I'd not claim anything like the top spot, I wouldn't want to be accused of being "snobby" or "superior" again :)

Depends who is measuring: link

There is a significant difference between reading and speaking English. As a teacher, I have to teach English, reading, every week. As a southerner, I do have a dialect for this region which affects verbal usage. So 10 on reading.

I speaks English goodly

I speak American English pretty well. But, my relatives in England and Wales speak a wholly different language.

Probably 2 or 3.

It is my usual mode of communication so I would say a pretty high number – not that I would utter boasting of my proficiency in elocution of my primary form of articulation

Not perfect, but better than most.

I'm kept on my toes by the mrs. She is a Cambridge educated English teacher….

I grew up hearing English spoken in the home. I passed my written tests. I speak it a little, and can follow spoken English if the speaker isn't going too fast.

Now, I do speak Army, Air Force, Analyst and Bureaucratese with varying levels of fluency, and am sometimes called upon to translate one to another, or any of them into English. (I know a few words of Navy and Marine, but couldn't be said to speak either one.)

My teachers would probably say a 2, but what the heck do they know? You know the old saying about those who can do and those can't…

I be awesome at English grammars, so a nine for I.

A 10 with a midwest dialect.

English English equals 8.5

American English equals 10.5

As I said to the agent from whom I was recently renting a car in London, I usually get by all right in the UK, despite the language barrier.

But in answer to the original question, I'm a native speaker of American English. I talk English real good when I'm in the sticks and speak English fluently when I'm in the city.

I don't speak English that often.
So when I start I'm a bit nervous. And got a very noticeable Norwegian accent. But after an hour (or intake of medium amount of alcohol) I get back in the grove and probably end up on a 7.5. With a clear American movie accent.

I speak Scottish but most English speakers will understand me.

I am northern English (Cheshire), so speak it without vowels!!!
I do salute Non Brits who make the effort to speak English, I am often surprised how well they do!
My grasp of foreign languages is…limited!

It is not my own language but I try

So I say 6?

Sorry Herkjeybird, Cheshire is in the Midlands. The North doesn't start until you get to Leeds.

Born and raised in Chicago, I speak Chicagoin.

I speaks it da bestest.

Eleventy Two.

Five past two

Dude, I'm from California, so, like, you know, don't harsh my mellow by going all digital on me, bro.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
bunkermeister.blogspot.com

Odd question, is it aimed at Englishmen?

No, that would be rather silly.

Better than trump, but that's not saying much.

Me tok gud ! (In my dreams)

A "9" then, maybe?

Dan

I have an incredible vocabulary and can turn a phrase or twelve exceptionally well--writing. Speaking, I am somewhat more lax and lapse into one of several rural colloquial motifs to express myself, since my wife tells me my word-choice is often too flowery and sounds pretentious. "People don't speak like that!" "But, Dear, I _do_ speak like that naturally!" So, a 10.
Oh. Yes. I am a Registered Punster, on parole. (get it? "parole"? hyukhyukhyuk….)

American English: 10

British English: 9

I talk good American.

On a good day 10.
Having faced down some trouble makers at my council's last meeting, with some choice phrases that I now see my councillors repeating, I must be getting something right
(Choice as in its obvious I'm saying in a polite manner)

And, being in a more rural area, this is a good example of how English is spoken:
YouTube link

OOOOh, first language infraction it was shut the….up

Used to speak American Corporatese fairly well, but have
been retired for quite a while so have probably lost
fluency.

As for AmerEnglish – Southern (Basic) 9,
Southern (Regional) 8.5, Northern (Basic) 7,
Northern (Regional) 6.5

Don't speak Californian, Midwestern, etc.

Understand but do not speak Inebriatese…

The train leaves from platform two

Fluent in North American English (Middle American US dialects- 10). Have been told I'm competent in both Central Sydney and Western Sydney dialects of Australian English (to a value of 9 and 8, respectively) Competency in Sydney dialect has allowed me to converse with citizens of Newcastle (NSW) and environs. Have managed to make myself understood, in telephone conversations, to speakers of Melbourne and Brisbane dialects (to a value of 8 and 7, respectively).

Not sure how I'd fare with the British variant (maybe a 5?)…

Duck

My students often accuse me of having a "Smyth language" so that would prevent me from being a 10, not that it's really important.

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Not perfect,but understandable for the most part.

You Amuricans should talk proper like what I does!