I'll never forget when I worked in fast food and my coworker from Guatemala asked me, "Can you settle a bet between Jorge and I? You speak English like a second language, what's your first language?"
For me it was Bad Religion lyrics.
13 year old me would sit down in front of the CD player, booklet in one hand, dictionary in the other.
Greg Graffin uses an obscene amount of vocabulary that I haven't encountered anywhere else.
One example:
The masses are obsequious, contented in their sleep.
The vortex of their minds ensconced within the murky deep
"I have found that reading challenging texts aloud has helped me improve my writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills. Some people may mock me for it, but I've discovered that it enhances my active vocabulary more quickly than any other method I've tried on my own."
I've made some revisions so that English speakers can better understand your text.
I'm a swede with fully swedish parents, and I have always lived here, but I've always sucked at Swedish, both spelling and vocabulary.
But I'm way better at English, I often use English words because I can't remember or simply don't know the Swedish equivalent, and sometimes I just give up and fully use English for whatever I'm trying to explain. I wouldn't say I'm great at grammar overall, but I'm above average based on how bad most people are.
I usually try to misinterpret my sentences as hard as possible before posting.
It also works for program comments, I don't know how the fuck some text can seem to be almost perfect one moment and be totally useless garbage next time I find it.
4 years of it in high school, and the best I can manage is sounding like a drunk 5 year old that curses with what I'm told is a Mexico City accent because the girl I dated from Mexico City taught me the fun words.
Like, I would have to have a dictionary in front of me to apologize for my bad spanish and be clearly understood. That's how bad my Spanish is. But in my head? I'm all suave and shit. And in my dreams, I'm bloody fluent. Awake? Not even close
Hello am 48 year man from somalia. Sorry for my bed england. I selled my wife for internet connection for play "conter strik" and i want to become the goodest player like you I play with 400 ping on brazil and i am global elite 2. pls no copy pasterino my story.