I've had a number of chats with some of the non-native English speakers who are performers on this site, and I want to give credit to the number of them who have remarkable language skills, sometimes in two or three languages that are not their own. Of course we probably pay more attention when there are language difficulties (and it is also the case that when it comes to intimate matters like sex, misunderstandings can be especially frustrating), but perhaps we are less aware, when things are going smoothly, what extra effort some of these guys are putting out to communicate with us in English. It is especially worth noting in this connection how few of us in the United States (I don't presume to speak for other English-speaking countries) bother to master another language. I have had the experience, living abroad, of having a boyfriend for a couple of years who spoke almost no English, and I can vouch for the amount of energy it can take--not that I regretted a minute of it, and it certainly improved my own language skills immensely.

Nothing earthshaking or ever new in all this, I guess. I just wanted to offer my thanks and praise for the guys who work so hard to entertain us! And also to apologize for putting them to the trouble--I wish I knew half a dozen Slavic languages, for example, or Romanian, since so many of my favorite guys are from Eastern Europe. And I know that when I get in one of my chatty moods I can probably make it hard for guys to keep up--that's true even for English-speakers sometimes!

I would be curious to know how many of the performers here are doing this partly in order to practice their language skills?

So thanks and kudos, gentlemen! Quote

.......>>>>>>> Nothing earthshaking or ever new in all this, I guess. I just wanted to offer my thanks and praise for the guys who work so hard to entertain us! And also to apologize for putting them to the trouble--I wish I knew half a dozen Slavic languages, for example, or Romanian, since so many of my favorite guys are from Eastern Europe. And I know that when I get in one of my chatty moods I can probably make it hard for guys to keep up--that's true even for English-speakers sometimes!
I would be curious to know how many of the performers here are doing this partly in order to practice their language skills?
So thanks and kudos, gentlemen!


toetwister - I agree with your sentiments and sometimes marvel at the command of English that many of the performers, from non-English speaking countries, have. (Of course some are very adept at using online translators.) As to whether they perform here sexually to partly practice their language skills, I would doubt this. I would think most are here to make money to pay for their studies and to live. It should also be remembered that in the Eastern Block countries by being a student, for which they have to pay, it kept them from being conscripted. (I am presuming that this is still the case.)

However, toetwister, the main reason I am writing here is to ask if you feel it may have been appropriate to post this thread on the Gay Fantasy Board forum to which the performers have access, in preference to this VIP only forum. On that forum your thanks and compliments as to the performers' language skills could be read by themselves. I am sure they would appreciate it.


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Good point about the location of the post! I'll repost it over there, as you suggest. I agree that more basic necessity is an important motivation for many performers. But I've also encountered a few for whom that doesn't seem to apply. Of course, there's just good old fashioned exhibitionism (and I don't use that in a negative sense at all) and horniness! Quote

the best non-native english speaker i have seen here is Anwar_D, grammar and vocabulary Quote