Originally Posted by Domino (Post 9663164)

Well as the last time Britain was invaded it was by Vikings, but we absorbed them, before that the Normans and we absorbed them, and then of course the Romans were also absorbed. Along the way we picked up bits of their language. Thats why our language is a bit of a hotchpotch and is one of the most successful languages to ever exist.

So what is Spain's excuse, its only 200 years since you very nearly had to start speaking French - if it hadn't been for Arthur Wellesley and his band of prison rejects and cut-throats.

Originally Posted by evamar (Post 9663444)

I don't agree. One can make mistakes in grammar, and still be fluent. If one can speak 2 languages at mother tongue level then they are bilingual, not fluent. Normally only people with international parents or who have been exposed to both languages since they are little can truly achieve this.

If their English is good enough for you to understand them in nor particularly easy situations, then they are fluent. I don't expect foreigners to be able to speak and construct very complicated sentences that many natives wouldn't use... I just want to be able to communicate with them without performing mime, making too many stops to think and getting a dictionary all the time looking for words.

I make lots of silly grammar mistakes, but I think that my English is quite fluent. I know that it will never be perfect, I'm Spanish at the end of the day.

Originally Posted by evamar (Post 9663456)

eeeehhh... maybe when you are talking some 1,000 years ago and population was quite small and distances quite large... (funny that SHY is a Vicking word, BTW!).

Sorry, Wellington is not one of my heroes, Badajoz Battle and all that...
Again... we'd better leave history behind... They are all dead and past is past.

Originally Posted by jackytoo (Post 9663553)

Yes your English is perfect, all the spaniards on here have perfect English, but I am refering to outside forumland. Actually you do very well, write as good as a native:D

Originally Posted by Domino (Post 9663178)

ah but the work isnt stamped, it was a favour.

Originally Posted by jackytoo (Post 9663553)

Yes your English is perfect, all the spaniards on here have perfect English, but I am refering to outside forumland. Actually you do very well, write as good as a native:D

Originally Posted by jackytoo (Post 9663553)

Yes your English is perfect, all the spaniards on here have perfect English, but I am refering to outside forumland. Actually you do very well, write as good as a native:D

Originally Posted by cricketman (Post 9664274)

My OH has a 1st in English literature and linguistics from an English university, so her English must be pretty good! A lot of her friends from school are also fluent in English

I think you just dont know many "wordly" Spaniards.

Originally Posted by jackytoo (Post 9663553)

Yes your English is perfect, all the spaniards on here have perfect English, but I am refering to outside forumland. Actually you do very well, write as good as a native:D

Originally Posted by Lynn R (Post 9664476)

Erm, I hope no Spanish forum members will copy this use of English - should read "write as well as a native".:)

Originally Posted by jackytoo (Post 9664698)

When you have run out of stuff to say by all means be pedantic. Now what were we talking about....would it be the usual stuff as to how good we all are at spanish:rofl::rofl: