English (US version- Southern US English especially) Lived/worked in Germany & even did a radio show in German, so I guess I was fairly fluent ("High" German, Paeltzisch/Badenzisch dialect & some Berliner dialect) though I'm way out of practice. Played rugby w/ enough commonwealth guys (& dated a few British & Irish women) to discern (once upon a time) NZ/Oz accents, Scots/Irish/Welsh/London accents from one another (necessary to prevent being punched out in bars). Could once haggle a bit, order beers, etc. in a few others. I speak (fluent) parentheses... :-)
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