FFXIV to learn a language

[Atoli]

The English used in the game's text is pretty old-timey, if it is also littered with "flavour" like the pirate dialect in Limsa, it can be really hard to understand anything at all, especially to someone who is still learning (I know at least I dropped my attempt to play in English because of that..).
The English the players speak is often very faulty, either because they also aren't native speakers or ARE native speakers but - because it's the internet - appearently don't know how English works anymore ^^°

Overall, I wouldn't call the game a good place to learn the language. But people learn the fastest when they do something they enjoy, so...yeah.

[Paladinleeds]

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Funny ya should mention that actually, I was talking with her today and said "brolly" (slang for umbrella), she thought I'd said bra by accident, I said I was gonna hold her brolly for her, so that misinterpretation caused all manner of awkwardness for the both of us. But yeah, when I'm speaking to her about it, I'd make sure I explain things in solid English. I've already learned I need to be careful with my Yorkshire slang. But yeah, I'm a bit worried about that now that I think about it. I thought it'd be a good tool, but it seems I was wrong. That said, I wouldn't know as I've never played my game in anything other than English of which I am a native speaker.