JonW wrote:I'm not sure that any of us speak Russian. Gareth's French is very good, so I hear, and Peter is fluent in quite a few languages but not Russian. I am fluent in Welsh and I'm just about able to get by in my second language, English.
Jon
My Mother tongue is English. I never got more than 5 questions wrong in French exams at school without even trying but I haven't used any for ages so I don't know how much I remember. I speak Spanish. I speak some Scots Gaelic too. (I've had the odd go at Portuguese which seems to be in between French & Spanish with some differences. My Brother-in-law left a book on Swedish on my book-shelf when I was in Middle school & I had a go at that too though I don't know how much I can remember. *He was warned not to leave books on my book-shelf if he didn't want me to read them as I read everything I came across.*) I don't know Russian though.
I was talking to the new member trying to explain that if he wanted a response it would be a good idea to speak a language that more people knew. As most people speak English here I put that 1st. I mentioned French & Spanish as that's what I know. However, German & Italian are more widely-known than Russian so I could have mentioned those languages.
What languages does Peter speak?
I think your English is excellent actually.