Should try listening to Scottish or Irish accents

ps. for the laughs, and not to emulate that is...

heh, that's what most ppl tend to think. That's a big misconception actually, as most ppl never tend to look deeper. Being native speakers to the language, the one thing that they've got is confidence in using the language orally. However should you look deeper than that, there's quite a number of them with rather bad spelling and grammar when it comes to the written stuff.

well, kidding or not kidding, that's not what I'm trying to say. My point is, do not fall for the common misconception that native English speakers all has got a good command of the language. Its rather interesting to take note of all the different slangs and so forth, but at the same time its also important to be able to tell what is slang and what is proper English.

hehe cute but anyways, as I had mentioned before in a previous post, such mataphors or phrases and so on right? Do take note of when its proper to use them, and when its improper to use them and so forth. Choosing the right words to be used at the right time is important too.

In fact, even something that's considered as bad English such as the infamous 'lar' or 'lor' can come in pretty handy at times when you need to draw emphasis to a point that you're making. But just take care not to overdo it.

OT here, but was wondering, how much time did u spent translating your normal written english to what u just written above?

Hmm.. tell me something, did u happened to have gotten abused by some english speaking ppl when u were a kid or something?

As for your examples:
Person A: just 'cause he's likeable, does that mean he's going anywhere?
Person B: linguistic skills alone is useless unless one plans for that to be their career path.

Obviously pathethic examples there.

Fact: attitude towards language also counts as attitude. Hence the two are very interelated indeed. Nobody is talking about being able to write something like the works of shakespear here, but being able to at least write properly is rather important indeed. Ever had to proof read a technical document written in bad english? Its not funny, I can tell you that, not because I'm fussy over the language or anything, but because the possible meanings in it r so damn blurred out that there can be the risk of a law suit should I ever approved of that document being passed over to the client.