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How many of you are non-native English speakers? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by myszka@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Everyone seems so good at English so I wondered how many people learned it to such proficiency and how many are just natives

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[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I'm from Spain and English is my third language (currently trying to learn Portuguese)

I've learn it with music (Judas Priest🤟), movies and series.

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

For some reason, learning through music is really hard for me. I have zero issues talking and listening to English speakers for years now, but I still have to actively listen if I want to get 100% of some song.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Not just you:

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

As a native English speaker I certainly won't process the words of a lot of songs without a conscious effort

Lyrics are so often indecipherable as well. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jGLYJQJh9c8

One that I remember is that I had heard the song "believer" a number of times before learning its name, I always thought they were saying "pick me up and pick me up and leave me, and leave me". I don't think I even tried to decypher the rest lol

[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Same here, I tend to pay attention to the melody rather than any of the lyrics unless I actively try otherwise.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

3rd here too and have been casually learning Turkish, Chinese and Spanish with friends.