Is English your native tongue

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JacksonIS31
This site is loaded with members outside of native English speaking countries such as the UK, USA and Australia. I think its very cool that we can communicate world wide and understand one another pretty clearing for the most part. Excluding typos and minor grammar errors, most of us can make out what is being said pretty easily. With that said, I am just curious to know how you all came to learn English. Is it taught as a second language where you are, did you just pick it up or did you relocate to where you are from an English speaking country. U.S. Military personal is excluded, being stationed overseas doesn't count, lol.

Reason I ask all this is because a lot of you guys speak (type) very well and the grammar is correct. Heck, there are people here in the States that don't talk as well as some of you all do that aren't from predominately English speaking countries. Although I rarely play games online, its cool to play and be able to communicate with someone on the other side of the planet from you.
 
Short answer: yes.

Long answer: yes.

I'm afraid I can't contribute anything interesting, except to agree with the OP and compliment the number of members who are absolutely fluent in English, even though it's not their first language. 👍
 
Naw, spanish... well, mexican :crazy: I started learning english in classes at school but it always seemed really easy for me. The basics came from there, but I reached my current english level loitering in the internet, and a large part of that loitering was here in GTP. I'm also thankful of the good grammar that is heavily enforced in here, because that helped me a lot.

I've gotten way better troughout the years, altough I'm still really bad speaking in english, because I'm way slow due to the fact that I have tot hink what I want to say, so some silence usually ensues when I'm talking in english. Writing/reading I have no problem.
 
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US-born, native speaker of American English.

I'm guessing the OP hasn't spent much time in the GT5/6 forums, especially the drifting sections.
 
Norwegian is my native language, however over the years i've learned english quite well.

I guess all the different movies and tv series I have watched has helped alot. Also speaking english over teamspeak with people helps alot, even if it's not game related.

I do understand people speaking english better than I talk it, but writing is at the same level. At least I like to think it is.
 
It ain't, but I could go ahead and call it my 2nd language.

To those who don't believe it, you should listen to me talk, and you'll see why I'm not a native speaker. :P
 
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Beeblebrox237
Short answer: yes.
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This.
Beeblebrox237
Long answer: yes.
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And also this. :P
FLIGHT50
Heck, there are people here in the States that don't talk as well as some of you all do that aren't from predominately English speaking countries.
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Which is pretty damn sad, really. There are a lot (like @Cano) that are not native speakers/typers that have great grammar. Sadly there are equal amounts of people from the US, UK and AU that have atrocious spelling and grammar and have no excuse for it, besides being lazy.
 
Well, English (You know, proper English, off of England, not the American travesty) is the language I grew up in, and is the only one I have any grasp on. I can say a few things in other languages, but that's it. Props to those who spend their time here when it isn't their first language though. I do leave a little lee-way to mistakes for people in non-english speaking countries, as they are doing a hell of a better job than I would be doing the other way around.
 
Nein :P

Mi hablo español, don :lol:

Well, I started studying english when I was very, veeery young. In fact, I 1st learned the alphabet in english and then in Spanish :) I've had lessons in spanish and lessons in English since I was 7, all the way from Kindergarden to Highschool, and I got an english degree from Cambridge University when I was 18. :) Ever since I've practised my reading, writing and listening habilities by watching films without subtitles, reading articles in english and, well, like Cano said, writing in forums like :gtplanet:

Speaking is my weak spot, but I try to practise with dad whenever possible :)
 
Danish is my native language and I'm speaking English (some say I sound British) as a second language. So no, not native. :P
 
Dean
Danish is my native language and I'm speaking English (some say I sound British) as a second language. So no, not native. :P
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A couple of days ago I saw an American movie, The Thing (new version) with Scandinavian actors and some of them sounded British, indeed.
 
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My native language is Slovenian, but I learned English pretty quickly. It's taught as a second language in all schools here and I always did really well. Perhaps it's simply the fact that the things I'm interested in are in English, that being movies and video games and while there are subtitles for movies, dubs for any type of media is almost nonexistent. Usually the only things dubbed here are awful children's cartoons.

So it was a combination of media and school that taught me English, but while those were just the basics I have GTP to thank for basically forcing me to try and spell better. I joined this site when I was 15 and at that time my spelling was the normal garbage lyk dis bcuz spelling is way 2 hard (okay, it may not have been that bad). I started capitalizing sentences and using full stops and all these wonderful things. It's far from perfect and I could definitely work on my punctuation, but I can get a point across and that's what matters I suppose. Thanks @Jordan for the great AUP. 👍

Speaking is a bit harder for me though. I can speak without thinking about translations just fine. I can 'think' in English is another way to put it, but sometimes I know what I want to say, but I can't find the words for it and simply stop mid-sentence going 'umm', 'ahh' and 'err'. This is something I want to work on with many Skype gaming sessions. :)
Yes, I know that's a perfect plan.
 
School

Television

English pen friends (all girls) for years

English music

Last but not least: gtplanet
 
Yes proper gentleman's English (aka posh English, I say grarss or barth etc) is my native and currently my only language. I am hoping to add Japanese as a second language one day rather than just knowing a few words.
 
Damn, no, I`m not a native speaker. And, yes, I know it is an easy guess.

Why am I loitering on an English-language forum? Because you can learn a lot except from ... and ... [insert your name if you feel addressed].
 
Spanish is my first language. I'm learning Arabic now, think it's a beautiful language and those who have Arabic as their first language are pretty lucky, it's a tough one to get the tongue down for. Same with Finnish as well, and Hungarian.

If you learn those, everything else is super easy.
 
Dutch is my native language.
Second language is English, spoke it at quite a young age.
Later I learned it properly at school.

I also speak Frisian, a bit German and a little bit of French.
 
Ah, awesome. I loved Guanatos whan I was there. So that makes it... about 5 or 6 active mexicans/mexicans of origin here in GTP iirc :0
 
Not a native English speaker, my first language is German, Austrian German to be specific. Yeah, English is the language that gets taught in all schools here, though not as extensively and effectively as I'd have liked, just the very basics like word order, some grammar and the various tenses.
Without watching tons of English movies, carefully listening to the English lyrics of songs and playing games with the original English synchronization my skills would still be very basic. Schools just get you kind of started here, in terms of learning foreign languages.


Oh, and I'm really glad that my English skills suffice for playing games and watching movies with the original synchronization as most German voice-overs simply suck. Don't ask me why, they just do and most other German gamers agree with me, its like they do that on purpose to make people learn goddamn English. Games and movies are the best motivations for learning new languages. :P
Recently I watched a couple of gameplay videos of Mass Effect 3 with German voice overs and the sheer awfulness made me cringe. Those voice actors are terrible.
(I wish that films in our theaters were optionally available in their original English synchronization.)

Wardez
family's from Guadalajara.
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Boy, I don't know if I like so many A's in just one word.
 

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