Your native language

[The Monkey]

Leetspeak should be called noobspeak.

 

[Ravioli]

native= swedish
second= english
third= learning spanish

 

[Russian Mafia]

Russian is my native.
English is my second, but my English is better than my Russian.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Gujarati
fluent in that, English, and processing Japanese now.

 

[ríomhaire]

I'm Irish, therefore my native language is English. I can also speak a little French and even less Irish.

 

[Remus]

Native language Romanian, second language English. I also know a little French and German but not enough to have a coherent conversation with someone.

 

[Advisor]

My native language is Swiss German/German, second language French, third language English. I also understand a little Italian, but i can not speak it.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Native languages Blackinese/English, second language bits of German, learning Filipino curtousy of a friend.

 

[ktimekiller]

I'm Korean, fluent in Korean and English (estimated to be better than 98% of Koreans according to english proficiency tests), able to give simple instructions and make minor conversations in Japanese, able to read a bit of Chinese (although the grammar system is WTF?).


I rekon that most of my english skills come from gaming and books. I learned shakspearean englsih through the Theif series, and my general vocabulary range has improved dramatically thanks to Half Life 2, Starcraft, and various other games that I can't remember.


Although I'm sure that it's because of my love for reading that has contributed to my english the most.

when i came to us to learn english, 90% of it was from gaming i sware lol

 

[Dynasty]

Native language is English

I can speak

Bahasa (not as much nowadays though)
Arabic
French
Bit of Afrikaans

 

[Raziaar]

when i came to us to learn english, 90% of it was from gaming i sware lol

Don't worry. I believe it.

If I didn't get as heavily involved in gaming as I was and still failed school, I wouldn't be the same person I am today. Playing the text based mmorpg dragonrealms for eight years has been an incredible influence on my ability to manipulate the english language. Granted, I already knew the language. But it was because of this game that I avoided growing up to be one of those people who isn't very eloquent with their writing.

And it was thanks to Warcraft II that I became the fast typer I am today.

"glittering prizes" - the magic keyword that now allows me to type accurately at 100-110 words per minute.