/lit/ - Literature

>>8263533

That would have to be evaluated on an individual basis but as you are clearly biased in whatever country you are from's favor, I don't see this conversation going very far. Of course the most astute Slav is going to be more articulate than some yokel, and yes, the occasional Nabokov or Conrad does occur. But you are severely understating the psychological depth and attachment a native language has versus an acquired one. If you interact and use the language in a location where such a language is ubiquitous your understanding will be much fuller than if you just played some video games and watched some movies.

I happen to attend a university with such a specimen of E. European (a Romanian fluent in Romanian, Hungarian, German, and English) and though his mind and speech are intelligent, merely throw an otherwise common idiom at him or speak in an unusual cadence to watch him get lost. Even in his sharper moments, it's not unusual for him to be at a loss for words for an object like a backpack ("....that").

And so, I seriously doubt you have a native understanding of English.

>>4574661
>>4574539

I don't know what's going on here, but I'm enjoying it

>>3004136
>Gen X
>optimistic

It's like you've never even seen television in the past twenty-five years.

>>2848419
>implying Europeans can write anything that doesn't concern Europe

>>2665570
Nick Carraway is vehemently described in almost every American english class as a reliable narrator. How people overlook his judgmental asshole-ism is beyond me.

>>2656010
Well in that case I apologize for my brashness.