To a fellow member of my class in Essex and Greater London, Estuary English.
To any other Anglophone: whichever variety of English will get the best results.
To a Lusophone: the middle class variety of the Portuguese of Central Brazil.
To any German speaker, my best Buhnendeutsch.
To any Francophone, the closest I can come to middle class formal Parisien.
To any Spanish speaker: the language of Castilla la Vieja (from force of habit even though I realize it may annoy them especially if they are Mexicans.
To Dutch speakers, English, except in Belgium, or if they are school drop outs doing a minimum wage job, when I will try my rather halting Dutch.
To Romanians, my limited Romanian, but only if English fails to work.
To Italians, my very poor Italian, but only if they have no English.
To all others, I shall try English, Spanish, German, Latin or French (in that order of guessing which will work best).
I have also been known to try Esperanto and Russian.
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To a fellow member of my class in Essex and Greater London, Estuary English.
To any other Anglophone: whichever variety of English will get the best results.
To a Lusophone: the middle class variety of the Portuguese of Central Brazil.
To any German speaker, my best Buhnendeutsch.
To any Francophone, the closest I can come to middle class formal Parisien.
To any Spanish speaker: the language of Castilla la Vieja (from force of habit even though I realize it may annoy them especially if they are Mexicans.
To Dutch speakers, English, except in Belgium, or if they are school drop outs doing a minimum wage job, when I will try my rather halting Dutch.
To Romanians, my limited Romanian, but only if English fails to work.
To Italians, my very poor Italian, but only if they have no English.
To all others, I shall try English, Spanish, German, Latin or French (in that order of guessing which will work best).
I have also been known to try Esperanto and Russian.
English and French
english
English
Scottish
Australian
New Zealander
Canadian
US American
South African
English and German
english and a bit of italian and spanish
I speeka da Engliss very good.
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Parlo italiano