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Do Italians generally speak worse English than the French or the Spanish? I wouldn't have thought so...

According to Mark yes :(

Scottish write understandable english than they speak ;)

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

Scottish write understandable english than they speak ;)

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People from Newcastle area too :p

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

so you speak Italian effluently too ? ;) :p :andrea:

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Effeminately

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Originally Posted by wiruwiru

Do Italians generally speak worse English than the French or the Spanish? I wouldn't have thought so...

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I'm an English teacher, and I've taught lots of different nationalities. The French are probably the worst of the three, because they rarely lose their accent, which really affects their pronunciation. On the other hand, Spanish people have a problem with the differences that occur between how a word is pronounced in English and its spelling, mostly because in Spanish things are a lot more consistent, so they're not used to paying attention to these differences. I've even had Spanish people try to correct me on how to say my own name!

In the end, though, I'd agree with what someone earlier said, that the biggest problem is dubbing TV shows. Not doing that would change things in a generation.

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

so you speak Italian effluently too ? ;) :p :andrea:

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Nope. I understand it (both spoken and written Italian) perfectly, however due to lack of practicing I am having troubles finding the right words, and I never tried to write in Italian.

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Originally Posted by wiruwiru

Do Italians generally speak worse English than the French or the Spanish? I wouldn't have thought so...

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I've met French people (not many) who were speaking perfect English, with very pleasant UK accent.
Also met a couple Italians who do come close to very good. However I've never met anyone from Spain who speaks very good English (nor French), their accent is way to strong.

Then again as I mostly lived in France it is possible that the image is slightly distorted and there are also Italians and Spaniards who speak perfect English.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Nope. I understand it (both spoken and written Italian) perfectly, however due to lack of practicing I am having troubles finding the right words, and I never tried to write in Italian.

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So in fact, you do speak it effluently? :p :

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donkey :andrea: