In which Pez wastes space on your friends list!

[pez]

I was just thinking how many people around here don't actually speak English as their first language. On my flist, I have Chinese (Mainland/HK, and I don't know if Taiwanese and Singaporeans like to call themselves Chinese), Filipino, Brazilian, Portugese, French, German, Norwegian, Finns (is that the right word?), Argentinian, Vietnamese, Indonesian... and others I can't think of right now because I lost some brains through my nose this morning. XD

I know we all mostly write in English because that's the language most understands around here. My question is, how come everyone's English is so good? Is it because you live/lived overseas? You learned it in school and keep practising online? You love reading English books?

Don't mind me, I'm just curious. XD Here, watch Roy dance.

Comments

[lechaco.livejournal.com]

I was born in China but my years abroad > years in China now so although Chinese is my mother tongue, English is now my dominant and best language. I'm amazed at the number of people you have on your flist who do not live in an English environment yet still can write such good English! So jealous! XD But I think reading/writing is a lot easier than speaking because you have time to process the meaning and structure. :( I find myself to be better at reading/writing than speaking in other foreign languages. The speaking has always been my weakest point across languages.

I wish my Chinese was better but I remained in elementary level. -_-; Also, I wish I learned proper English grammar. >_<;;; When you grow up in an English environment, you just absorb grammar rather than learn the structural rules. So yeah, I don't know proper grammar, I just regurgitate what "sounds/feels" right. lol :|

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

I know! So many people not in English speaking environment has better English than I do. It makes me feel fail. ^^"""" Speaking is my worst, too. Reading is easiest because that's the one thing I can do alone easiest.

It's exactly the same for me......