Your skill points in Speak Language :P

[Numinous]

Yeah, that's happened to me.  Perosnally, I think you write well enough in your posts.  So, as long as what you post is understandable, it doesn't need to be extroadinary grammatically.  Just post, and I promise I'll give you some feedback at least.  I can't do anything if your chosen topic bores me however, so continued feedback is a maybe.  Don't take this a a deterrent however, I have a short attention spans and many otherwise good settings bore me.  you can't please everyone.

[Hibou]

I don't really know where my expertise in the english language came from. I liked to read as a kid, but I think I read my LotR 3-in-1 trilogy book just so I could say I had read a really big book really quickly for my age. I'm not a really big fan of reading, but I don't mind writing.

Three languages I've always wanted to learn: Norwegian, German, Arabic.

[Yair]

I applaud all of you that are not native English speakers/writers!!!!   From the posts and settings I have read I would not have guessed.  I am a native English speaker.

I haven't posted my setting yet and one of the main reasons I'm so slow at it is because I've seen the quality of the english spoken in this forum and I feel the need to turn in a product that's up to your level... Admittedly, I've taken it as a challenge...

It is always good to challenge yourself.  But from what I have seen from the members of this community, go ahead and post what you have.  

[NecromancerElf]

My native language is english, i'm learning Deutschen latinaque with as much French as one could learn in a one year class

[limetom]

My native language is American English.

I have a pretty good grasp on Latin (Latine).  If you have any questions about it, just ask.  I'm now beginning an undergraduate program in Japanese (æ'"¥æÅ"¬èªž).

I can understand bits and peices of German (Deutsch), Romanian (RomânÃ,,Æ'), Russian (РÃ'Æ'Ã'Ã'ÐºÐ¸Ð¹), Spanish (Español), and probably most other Germanic, Romance, and Slavic langauges.

I also tried to teach myself Armenian (Õ,¬Ã•Â¡Ã•ÂµÃ•Â¥Ã–,¬Ã•Â¥Ã•Â¶) and Farsi (ÁارسÛÅ'), but to no avail.

I would like to learn Irish (Gaeilge). (Please note: it is called "Irish" in English.  "Gaelic" refers to Scottish in the minds of many Irish people.)

I have taught myself a small portion of the Arabic, Armenian, Cyrillic, and Farsi alphabets, but almost none of the languages themselves.  Much to one of my friend's delight (and insistance), I am trying to learn the Korean alphabet.

[Matt Larkin (author)]

My God, limetom! :whoa:

Native English, here. I took German years ago in highschool, but I don't remember much.  That's pretty much it.

[Johnny Wraith]

As I said before, my mother tongue is spanish... Yet I didn't mention I know italian to some extent. English, obviously :P. I know a little of german, danish and russian mostly because of characters I've played in D&D :P (Danish was actually from an ex-gf). Knowing spanish leads me to at least get the idea or understand some latin, portuguese and french. Oh, I know some quechua too. :)

[SDragon]

i know some japanese, some elven, flecks of german, and i can recognize (but not understand) a few other languages...

[beejazz]

I speak english. I can read French perfectly... even old French, but can't write, speak, or understand on hearing. Just more proof that reading is my first language.

...not that it matters, considering that unlike everybody else here, I speak nonsense. Always.

And to answer your original question, I learned English from books and French in French class (and everybody's favorite prophet, Nostradamus). I READ... I even had to order a book from a college in New Mexico once... to put that in perspective, I lived in Delaware at the time! Imagine my shock and horror when I found out the only copy was transferred out of Miskatonic!

[Captain Obvious]

English is my first language, but i speak and write french as well and i can understand old English, but i can't speak it. I know elements of other languages including Italian, German and Latin, and some small amounts of Japanese. Soon, i will be starting my German course at University and then will have 3 languages.

[the_taken]

First language I spoke was french, but I haven't spoken french since I moved out of Quebec. I think my french vocabulary has deteriated to about the level of an eight year old, but I can understand alot of whats being said since I've taken a couple of german and spannish courses, and the level of overlape is absolutely amazing. Aussie, j'n'ai pas un accent quans j'parle francais. (How's my spelling?)

For english, I was taught to speak in elnglish since I was about two, and learned to write english in grade 3. I annoyed my teacher by spelling 'the' 'de'. I also wasted alot of school time reading random books that I'd pilfer from the lybraries. My parents also read stuff aloud, all he time.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

My first language is pure sight, pure sound, pure thought, no words.  No, seriously.  I'm not kidding.  I store information in the form of visual or auditory images, and my thoughts are more like a TV show or movie.  I only know English because people speak it around me: I spent 8 years trying to learn French, and still sucked at the end.  I was good at Greek and Latin until they started giving me real stuff to deal with.  I've forgotten it all now.  The rules of English spelling and grammar make not sense to me, and I cannot accurately express myself in them.  It's like I'm a telepath trapped in a world of closed minds.

[SDragon]

My first language is pure sight, pure sound, pure thought, no words.  No, seriously.  I'm not kidding.  I store information in the form of visual or auditory images, and my thoughts are more like a TV show or movie.  I only know English because people speak it around me: I spent 8 years trying to learn French, and still sucked at the end.  I was good at Greek and Latin until they started giving me real stuff to deal with.  I've forgotten it all now.  The rules of English spelling and grammar make not sense to me, and I cannot accurately express myself in them.  It's like I'm a telepath trapped in a world of closed minds.

ditto.

[beejazz]

Can anyone help me translate from German?

This:
Bushyasta ist ein iranischer Dämon. Er zeichnet sich durch lange Haare aus und gehört zu den Daevas. Als solcher steht er in den Diensten Ahrimans. Er verkörpert die Faulheit und Schlaffheit. Am morgen, wenn die Menschen aufstehen und arbeiten sollen, kämpft er gegen die guten arbeitsamen Menschen indem er versucht sie dazu zu überreden, im Bett zu bleiben.

[Captain Obvious]

Can anyone help me translate from German?

This:
Bushyasta ist ein iranischer Dämon. Er zeichnet sich durch lange Haare aus und gehört zu den Daevas. Als solcher steht er in den Diensten Ahrimans. Er verkörpert die Faulheit und Schlaffheit. Am morgen, wenn die Menschen aufstehen und arbeiten sollen, kämpft er gegen die guten arbeitsamen Menschen indem er versucht sie dazu zu überreden, im Bett zu bleiben.

Let's see how well i can do here.
Bushyasta is an Iranian demon. it "zeichnet sich durch" long hair and "something about Devas?"
you know what, this isn't working. too many works i don't know yet.
go go gadget babelfish!

Bushyasta is an Iranian Daemon. It is characterised by long hair and belongs to the Daevas. As such it stands in the services Ahrimans. It embodies the putridness and schlaffheit. To tomorrow, if humans are to rise and work, fighting against good industrious humans by it tries it in addition to persuade, in bed to remain.

schlaff means flabby.
grammar's all weird, but i guess the final bit is "it convinces any one that it tries to make good industious humans stay in bed".

hope this helps (1st year german students can only do so much, y'know?)