Editor in Chief Bill | 09 Aug 2017 10:59 a.m. PST |
On a scale of 0 (I don't speak English) to 10 (I am a master of the language). |
The Beast Rampant | 09 Aug 2017 11:02 a.m. PST |
So, ten is as high as it goes? |
ZULUPAUL | 09 Aug 2017 11:07 a.m. PST |
Well I speak American English well, "English" English not so versed in the idiom. |
NickNorthStar | 09 Aug 2017 11:08 a.m. PST |
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. |
MajorB | 09 Aug 2017 11:20 a.m. PST |
Like a native. Probably because I are one. |
MajorB | 09 Aug 2017 11:20 a.m. PST |
So, ten is as high as it goes? Nah! Turn it up to 11!! |
John the OFM | 09 Aug 2017 11:21 a.m. PST |
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? |
Extrabio1947 | 09 Aug 2017 11:31 a.m. PST |
Terribly. But I am very fluent in Southern. |
David Manley | 09 Aug 2017 11:33 a.m. PST |
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 :) |
Nick Bowler | 09 Aug 2017 11:39 a.m. PST |
Depends who is measuring: link |
Rudysnelson | 09 Aug 2017 11:48 a.m. PST |
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. |
cavcrazy | 09 Aug 2017 11:55 a.m. PST |
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tigrifsgt | 09 Aug 2017 12:22 p.m. PST |
I speak American English pretty well. But, my relatives in England and Wales speak a wholly different language. |
Sho Boki | 09 Aug 2017 12:26 p.m. PST |
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Frederick | 09 Aug 2017 12:30 p.m. PST |
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 |
Cerdic | 09 Aug 2017 12:37 p.m. PST |
Not perfect, but better than most. I'm kept on my toes by the mrs. She is a Cambridge educated English teacher…. |
robert piepenbrink | 09 Aug 2017 12:52 p.m. PST |
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.) |
Dynaman8789 | 09 Aug 2017 12:52 p.m. PST |
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… |
Mister Tibbles | 09 Aug 2017 12:58 p.m. PST |
I be awesome at English grammars, so a nine for I. |
T Callahan | 09 Aug 2017 1:06 p.m. PST |
A 10 with a midwest dialect. |
Bobgnar | 09 Aug 2017 1:13 p.m. PST |
English English equals 8.5 American English equals 10.5 |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 09 Aug 2017 1:29 p.m. PST |
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. |
Gunfreak | 09 Aug 2017 2:02 p.m. PST |
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. |
JimDuncanUK | 09 Aug 2017 2:08 p.m. PST |
I speak Scottish but most English speakers will understand me. |
Herkybird | 09 Aug 2017 2:08 p.m. PST |
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! |
Ney Ney | 09 Aug 2017 2:24 p.m. PST |
It is not my own language but I try |
Ney Ney | 09 Aug 2017 2:25 p.m. PST |
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Bellbottom | 09 Aug 2017 2:56 p.m. PST |
Sorry Herkjeybird, Cheshire is in the Midlands. The North doesn't start until you get to Leeds. |
Doug MSC | 09 Aug 2017 3:22 p.m. PST |
Born and raised in Chicago, I speak Chicagoin. |
etotheipi | 09 Aug 2017 4:24 p.m. PST |
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Doctor X | 09 Aug 2017 6:42 p.m. PST |
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Bashytubits | 09 Aug 2017 6:48 p.m. PST |
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War Panda | 09 Aug 2017 7:33 p.m. PST |
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Bunkermeister | 09 Aug 2017 9:23 p.m. PST |
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 |
Editor in Chief Bill | 09 Aug 2017 9:24 p.m. PST |
Odd question, is it aimed at Englishmen? No, that would be rather silly. |
Black Cavalier | 09 Aug 2017 9:34 p.m. PST |
Better than trump, but that's not saying much. |
Wolfshanza | 09 Aug 2017 10:33 p.m. PST |
Me tok gud ! (In my dreams) |
Cacique Caribe | 09 Aug 2017 10:44 p.m. PST |
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capncarp | 09 Aug 2017 11:18 p.m. PST |
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….) |
Robert Burke | 09 Aug 2017 11:21 p.m. PST |
American English: 10 British English: 9 |
Ten Fingered Jack | 10 Aug 2017 2:12 a.m. PST |
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Giles the Zog | 10 Aug 2017 3:42 a.m. PST |
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 |
Giles the Zog | 10 Aug 2017 3:43 a.m. PST |
OOOOh, first language infraction it was shut the….up |
Ed Mohrmann | 10 Aug 2017 5:43 a.m. PST |
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… |
evilgong | 10 Aug 2017 3:58 p.m. PST |
The train leaves from platform two |
DuckanCover | 10 Aug 2017 8:22 p.m. PST |
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 |
KSmyth | 10 Aug 2017 8:29 p.m. PST |
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. |
nsolomon99 | 10 Aug 2017 9:20 p.m. PST |
My hovercraft is full of eels. |
Old Wolfman | 11 Aug 2017 7:10 a.m. PST |
Not perfect,but understandable for the most part. |
Earl of the North | 11 Aug 2017 12:15 p.m. PST |
You Amuricans should talk proper like what I does! |