Sorry , Maybe my bad English made impossible to you to notice that the last paragraph was a exposure of what reactions I had previously with other people that by no means is related to you. Due it was in past tense and talked about people had send me pm in the past.
It is separated from previous paragraphs because trying to get clear to readers that is not same and is not related to the situation. Still, If you have a good idea of how wording it in a clearer way. I will be eager to change it for a better understanding.
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english is my 4th language and is self taught .
I eat , drink , breath english nowdays lol everytime I write something , its in english . because I considere it still as ‘More exercice to get good’ .
I learned english by using a crappy translator ‘‘BABEL FISH’’ well the old one that was crappy .
I wanted to read this fanfiction so badly , and i couldn’t . cose it was in english , so using a translator…then a dictionary , I went trough it word by word .
Then I got Baldur’s gate in english…and so on .
I know its very frustrating , you know the word you are looking for…at the tip of your tongue , but you don’t know how to say it . I say , write it in english and use any tool thats provided on the internet to make it happen . It’s a frustrating but marvellous journey when you make it in the end on your own 
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Oh, tell me that. Or when you think a said or a phrase means same and results is not and you embarrassed yourself. The worst is when you insult someone without you even notice. It’s glad I am not alone in the self taught english. Sometimes is frustrating as everyone is far better than me.
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I fear English has taken over my mind for all my thoughts are formed in English, replacing my native language.
The end is near.
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even our dream…
who need a translator then lol
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Kind of unnatural though. As long as I don’t forget other languages (including Russian), I’ll gladly let English take over as my primary.
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Well, In a way is sad. But if it is what you want you should be proud of achieve that. English is just my third language. Thankfully I am native in the two others. Still I admit being native in English is far more useful. That is why I try to write and read something in English each day. Slow but steady. Write a if is useful because you could have small scenes with very different atmosphere in few words so more valuable the experience of learning words.
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Funnily enough, I consider reading more educational than writing, judging by how many interesting words you might encounter.
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However, If you want to express a concept or a description you have to do a more accurate and active searching for the exact wording. So forme is a easier way to learn and memorize. It just depends entirely on the person I suppose
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That would definitely be my recommendation, if someone wants to better their english. 
Read as much as possible, preferably from properly edited sources, and not just blogs/forums/fanfiction, where you can’t be sure of the quality.
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CoG/HG tends to have quality writing so I always find new words to look up in the dictionary.
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I don’t really like writing (or even reading) in Swedish, I find it awkward for some reason. I’m kind of ok with Portuguese but I don’t write in Portuguese and prefer to just write directly in English. Sometimes I have to look stuff up but so far it works pretty well for me. My English teachers focused a lot on writing in class so maybe that’s why
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I remember that, when I’m in my junior high school, they invited some Swedish to talk about the life in Sweden at the hall.
Isn’t Swedish language sounds like “sshhyyenyenye shh shhe sye nyenye”?
Our Indonesian ears can’t differ any single spelling in that sentence 
Sorry, no intention to insult, but the entire hall was like “hah?!” and I can’t stop laughing.
Or was it Polish?
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I guess it sounds that way for some people. I’ve had some people think I speak German, Polish, Norwegian, etc. We Swedes usually make fun of the way we speak anyway so we’re used to it 
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Thank you all for your help and encouraging words. I think I´ll start with the game, I´m excited to see what will become of the idea^^. When I write normally everything changes from the planned to something else.
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Idk but I really love this topic. I was just casually looking through the forum, looking for some encouragement (because either my English or my self- confidence sucks) to continue with my own cog project and I found this topic and seriously, it gave me a tiny confidence boost. Thank y’all.
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That is some dedication right there kudos to you my man.
True that always amaze me when i get it.
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Ahahahaha yes, that is swedish according to my american partner who is cursing every sinche sch sound especially since they are spelled in a bajillion way.
I, on the other hand, cannot pronounce the word ‘the’ without tripping up…
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On the bright side, at least swedish doesn’t sound like you are trying to speak english, german and swedish at the same time, while holding a hot potato in your mouth! 
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Are you perchance Danish? dodges
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