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On June 21 2013 05:43 JayJay_90 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:42 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. ![[image loading]](http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/290-width/images/2012/10/blogs/johnson/20121027_woc340_0.png) Handy. Proud of our little country  http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills I like how Japan has better English than France lol. Also South Korea, what? What's up with all these Korean pros that can't speak English at all?
They are probably just conscious of their English proficiency and don't feel comfortable enough with it to speak in public. Or perhaps they are too old to be the generation that received a better English teaching in school.
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Dimaga smells like a banana?
Neat
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Cool stuff! Judging from the Dutch guys I've met I would've guessed that you guys were number one =)
Dunno why Sweden is number one... Had a Swedish girlfriend and was not impressed =p most of them had a pretty heavy Swedish - English accent :p
Though I guess the same goes for most Danes I guess =)
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On June 21 2013 05:42 Schelim wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:41 Glubschauge wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills would likely say that im surprised that austria is not on the list, but yeah... our education system sucks looking at the numbers next to each country, it appears that this isn't the whole ranking but just selected countries. i sure hope we appear at least *somewhere* in the top 54
You're not even top 54 in the German proficiency index, bwahaha.
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On June 21 2013 05:44 PhoenixVoid wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:43 JayJay_90 wrote:On June 21 2013 05:42 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills I like how Japan has better English than France lol. Also South Korea, what? What's up with all these Korean pros that can't speak English at all? They are probably just conscious of their English proficiency and don't feel comfortable enough with it to speak in public. Or perhaps they are too old to be the generation that received a better English teaching in school.
Or perhaps they didn't go to school much at all. Most of them have been pro-gamers for a pretty long time.
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On June 21 2013 05:45 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:42 Schelim wrote:On June 21 2013 05:41 Glubschauge wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills would likely say that im surprised that austria is not on the list, but yeah... our education system sucks looking at the numbers next to each country, it appears that this isn't the whole ranking but just selected countries. i sure hope we appear at least *somewhere* in the top 54 You're not even top 54 in the German proficiency index, bwahaha.
Well german is a pretty bad language so whatevz.
+ Show Spoiler +No i'm not saying this because i'm bad at it ._.
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On June 21 2013 05:43 kraut wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:41 Glubschauge wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills i would like to say that im surprised that austria is not on the list, but yeah... our education system sucks maybe 6th, 7th or 8th ?
7th, here is the full list: http://www.ef.com/epi/
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On June 21 2013 05:45 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:42 Schelim wrote:On June 21 2013 05:41 Glubschauge wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills would likely say that im surprised that austria is not on the list, but yeah... our education system sucks looking at the numbers next to each country, it appears that this isn't the whole ranking but just selected countries. i sure hope we appear at least *somewhere* in the top 54 You're not even top 54 in the German proficiency index, bwahaha.
That's a low blow :D
+ Show Spoiler +But propably true 
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On June 21 2013 05:44 Cereb wrote:Cool stuff! Judging from the Dutch guys I've met I would've guessed that you guys were number one =) Dunno why Sweden is number one... Had a Swedish girlfriend and was not impressed =p most of them had a pretty heavy Swedish - English accent :p Though I guess the same goes for most Danes I guess =)
accent doesn't really have anything to do with proficiency though
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On June 21 2013 05:45 Fragile51 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:45 StarVe wrote:On June 21 2013 05:42 Schelim wrote:On June 21 2013 05:41 Glubschauge wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills would likely say that im surprised that austria is not on the list, but yeah... our education system sucks looking at the numbers next to each country, it appears that this isn't the whole ranking but just selected countries. i sure hope we appear at least *somewhere* in the top 54 You're not even top 54 in the German proficiency index, bwahaha. Well german is a pretty bad language so whatevz. + Show Spoiler +No i'm not saying this because i'm bad at it ._.
My language is totally better than your language!
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EF (Education First) data on proficiency is not reliable in particular for Asian countries. The data comes from people who voluntarily take the test/join their program, which means it inherently suffers from self selection bias. People who want to learn English online are much more likely to be more proficient in it than an average citizen.
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On June 21 2013 05:45 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:42 Schelim wrote:On June 21 2013 05:41 Glubschauge wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills would likely say that im surprised that austria is not on the list, but yeah... our education system sucks looking at the numbers next to each country, it appears that this isn't the whole ranking but just selected countries. i sure hope we appear at least *somewhere* in the top 54 You're not even top 54 in the German proficiency index, bwahaha.
that's because we don't wanna be involved in anything that is German
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On June 21 2013 05:46 Hesos wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:43 kraut wrote:On June 21 2013 05:41 Glubschauge wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills i would like to say that im surprised that austria is not on the list, but yeah... our education system sucks maybe 6th, 7th or 8th ? 7th, here is the full list: http://www.ef.com/epi/
can't believe that, but okay xD
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On June 21 2013 05:44 PhoenixVoid wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:43 JayJay_90 wrote:On June 21 2013 05:42 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills I like how Japan has better English than France lol. Also South Korea, what? What's up with all these Korean pros that can't speak English at all? They are probably just conscious of their English proficiency and don't feel comfortable enough with it to speak in public. Or perhaps they are too old to be the generation that received a better English teaching in school.
or maybe they are just the undereducated low class boys because they play starcraft 24/7
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On June 21 2013 05:46 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:45 Fragile51 wrote:On June 21 2013 05:45 StarVe wrote:On June 21 2013 05:42 Schelim wrote:On June 21 2013 05:41 Glubschauge wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills would likely say that im surprised that austria is not on the list, but yeah... our education system sucks looking at the numbers next to each country, it appears that this isn't the whole ranking but just selected countries. i sure hope we appear at least *somewhere* in the top 54 You're not even top 54 in the German proficiency index, bwahaha. Well german is a pretty bad language so whatevz. + Show Spoiler +No i'm not saying this because i'm bad at it ._. My language is totally better than your language!
Echt nie :<
Seriously though, german is too harsh sounding for my liking.
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On June 21 2013 05:45 Fragile51 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:44 PhoenixVoid wrote:On June 21 2013 05:43 JayJay_90 wrote:On June 21 2013 05:42 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills I like how Japan has better English than France lol. Also South Korea, what? What's up with all these Korean pros that can't speak English at all? They are probably just conscious of their English proficiency and don't feel comfortable enough with it to speak in public. Or perhaps they are too old to be the generation that received a better English teaching in school. Or perhaps they didn't go to school much at all. Most of them have been pro-gamers for a pretty long time.
It's cuz all the people who go to Korea to teach English only chose that path so they could watch Proleague/OSL/GSL live. :D
On June 21 2013 05:48 Fragile51 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2013 05:46 StarVe wrote:On June 21 2013 05:45 Fragile51 wrote:On June 21 2013 05:45 StarVe wrote:On June 21 2013 05:42 Schelim wrote:On June 21 2013 05:41 Glubschauge wrote:On June 21 2013 05:39 Loxley wrote:On June 21 2013 05:37 Dingodile wrote:On June 21 2013 05:26 Kinon wrote:
Snute has great english, didn't expect that from a norwegian. In EU: Countries in the North are by far the best at english. Then Denmark then Benelux then the rest. Handy. Proud of our little country http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/10/language-skills would likely say that im surprised that austria is not on the list, but yeah... our education system sucks looking at the numbers next to each country, it appears that this isn't the whole ranking but just selected countries. i sure hope we appear at least *somewhere* in the top 54 You're not even top 54 in the German proficiency index, bwahaha. Well german is a pretty bad language so whatevz. + Show Spoiler +No i'm not saying this because i'm bad at it ._. My language is totally better than your language! Echt nie :< Seriously though, german is too harsh sounding for my liking.
Inclined to agree but I don't have much of a choice in that matter.
Spanish sounds so cool.
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