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>been studying (British) English since childhood >always
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>been studying (British) English since childhood
>always get the highest grades in English at school
>fluent speaker, no issue whatsoever understanding lyrics, movies or books in English
>travel to England
>can't understand a fucking word

Why are English people so bad at speaking English?
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>>62050149
oy y0 fokkin wot mate come to scotland mate you will understan easier
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>>62050149
innit? smeg me arse, same la
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Stop speaking to poor people
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>>62050149
Daily reminder that American and Canadian English are the most aesthetic sounding versions. Unless you're from California, that still sounds terrible.
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oy mate yu som kindah boffin telan mei wot tu du en haw to speik hah?¿
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>>62050309
>not the Irish
God bless the Irish
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>>62050283
England's accents are just shit tier. Ireland, wales and Scotland are better.
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>>62050149
>Why are English people so bad at speaking English?
I ask to me the same question everyday.
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>>62050149

FUNNY INNIT?
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>>62050149
Because you're poor and didn't went to language school with american and british teachers
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>>62050399
>I ask to me
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>>62050399

JUST
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>>62050464
I ask to I*
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>>62050464
That was the joke...
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>>62050530
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U wat bruv?
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>>62050695
Yeah, that wasn't a joke, and I'm a turd in English.
But I try, at least.

Say something in french.
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>>62050886

bonjour parlez vous francais
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>>62050149
Try America or Canada instead. Much easier to understand.
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CHEEAHS LUV
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>>62050309
I live in California and I've never met someone with a non-generic accent. Are you talking about valley girls?
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>>62051277
Valley girls as well but also people who use "like" every other word or who say "bro" unironically.
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>>62051002
Good. No mistakes.
10/20 for using google translate tho.
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>>62050398
>t. provincial bumpkin
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>>62050149
You grasp on the English language is clearly not as good as you thought it was.

Either that or you made this whole thing up.
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>>62051387
I did french for 5 years at school. granted I dont remember much but still
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>>62050149
I had issues with some working class but in general they are easy to understand.
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>>62051511
Ah bon ? Je pensais que tu avais utilisé Google traduction. Cinq ans de français, c'est long.

Un peu comme ma bite. Aimerais tu me sucer la bite, mon ami ?
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>>62051511
I understand you. I made 4 years of English and still a shit.
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>>62051751
>>62051511
I did Spanish for 5 years and can barely remember anything about it
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>>62051751
I am* understands* to* you. I made an* 4 years of English and still many* shit.

Not bad effort though, 6/10
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>>62052258
I am of understandings to you. I is makings of 4 English years and still defecations.
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>>62052336
>and still defecations
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Scottish english > All
Step up your game
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Where did you travel to? There's literally hundreds of different accents/dialects in the UK, and some are way harder to understand than others. I'd still struggle to understand people from various parts of Scotland, for example.
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>>62052825
What part of UK are you from?
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>>62052449
Yon makir spiks o' traeth. Lallans maks muckle leids ower aa' tha suth spakit sassains.
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>>62052881
I'm from the West Midlands, not too far from Birmingham. Also lived in the East Midlands and the south-west. I don't have much of an accent though.
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>>62053031
What people from England have worst accent?
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>>62053085
*have the worst
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>>62050886
Je ne pas parle de francais.
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>>62053151
Poor people from London who are under 20. It's all one big mish-mash of Jamaican slang and chav speak.
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>>62053249
And what people have the best?
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>>62053085
>>62053151
It depends really. Lots of people hate the scouse (Liverpool) accent, but I don't mind it. I really hate strong Welsh accents, but others like it. Agree with >>62053249 though, even white guys from London have started talking in this bullshit fake gangster way and it's pretty cringeworthy.

>>62053340
Again, depends on preference. I like posh English accents and Scottish accents (if I can understand them).
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>>62052336
I did the english for four defecations, and I still don't understand
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>>62053340
Best is probably RP (Received Pronounciation) which is the upperclass "Posh English". I really like the Edinburgh accent as well.
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>>62050459
>unironically learning American English in school
>GeorgeCostanzaDoingThatFuckingFace.png
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>>62053819
In High School we learned American English instead and we watched The Wire during class
True story
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>>62053941
Is the average Swede fluent in English? Did you cunts artificially give yourself a second language
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>>62054041
Our second language is Finnish. But yes, like most countries on earth we speak English.
And like all other things, what we do we do well
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>>62054225

Spent 3 months in Sweden and outside Stockholm, 90% of people could barely speak English
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>>62050309
This is unironically true
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>>62051696
wee
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