[quote=Ellri]
What we've observed is that people reading a lot of books pick up languages real well, so non-native speakers can become in some ways better than natives, who just presume they're nigh-perfect at their own language because it is their own.
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Pffft, you could never match my skills in English words, for I have grown up with...

Fuck that, you probably have a better vocabulary in English than I do, and I'm born and raised West Coast Canadian (French is meaningless here, and while it is technically "taught" compulsory in school, I still know next to nothing).