Thread:Arima no megane/@comment-25787298-20160513113337/@comment-27247962-20160603152704

A wild Dayne uses taunt!

Well I like that first paragraph, after the pokémon sketch. That's exactly what it is. I'm even eccentric about it to the extent that I try to form different combinations with words in my sentences, just to keep it fresh. (Even if it's the same meaning, I tend to tweak it)

Well my net. crashed, but that's a good thing, because i was writing an essay.

I'm 20 right now. I'm from Belgium, I got some Dutch roots from the grandma and granddad, but nothing hybrid or halfbreed or snowlike. ^^ No half mexican, half belgian or something like that.

I'm not sure when I unconciously started with english, but until my 14 there wasn't really a need for it anyways. Still that didn't stop me from occupying myself with english things. I think it took me +-5 years to have a basic understanding of english and I know I was around 10-11 by the time that I could understand the plot of 'Age of Mythology' without problems. (A game) There was never a need to speak it, so i was a poor english speaker. If I focus now then i can prevent my accent from slipping through when i speak, although I can still use some exercise regarding articulation and such. My grammar was mostly on point and that's what caused me to get such high scores on the subject. I think I unconciously grew accustomed to the grammar in those 5 years, so the official grammar guidebook we got in the lessons was to perfect it for me and be sure i wasn't wrong according to some things.

Inbetween 14-17 I leisurely got better at speaking it, because of schoolpresentations. That time I only passed my time by english movies and games. But at the age of 17 I started getting interested in a lot of stuff again and instead of looking it up in my own language, I immediately went to english, because I know most topics are more detailed in this language. Besides that I started watching anime and got into these kind off forums and chats, so that at least helped me speak it fluently, without too much thinking. I still do look up words from time to time to give that finishing touch to my comments.

And it took me about 3 years to get to the level i'm at now, these sentences. I'm not sure how decent a grasp that is considered to be, but I manage.

Should you know a site where I could test my english, then please share it with me. I'm always up for a challenge and see if there's still a place where people just talk all over me, without me understanding or having the time to even react. ^^

That was still a lot again!