A poll for non-native English speakers

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   Raff, I just thought: "Who, the hell, is so brave to vote that understands everything". I see it's you, so no questions. 
I pointed out in the post that  "Singer has good pronouncation", though growling and "eating" words are not our case.

Poll Question: You listen to some album in English. Do you understand much?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes, I understand everything	16	[33.33%]
I need lyric sheet	9	[18.75%]
I need lyric sheet and a dictionary	1	[2.08%]
I need lyrics and sometimes a dictionary	6	[12.50%]
I need help only when lyrics are too complex	13	[27.08%]
Other	3	[6.25%]
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NotAProghead Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 7933	Posted: February 21 2009 at 20:05
	Raff, I just thought: "Who, the hell, is so brave to vote that understands everything". I see it's you, so no questions. I pointed out in the post that "Singer has good pronouncation", though growling and "eating" words are not our case.
	Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)

Raff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24429	Posted: February 21 2009 at 19:59
	First option for me. I only have trouble understanding lyrics in English when the singer has a distinctive vocal style (e.g. death growls) which makes understanding hard even for native speakers.

NotAProghead Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 7933	Posted: February 21 2009 at 19:52
	Please, vote only if English is not your first language! Imagine, you are listening to some album in English. - Lyrics are neither primitive nor extremely complex. - They are not intentionally adsurd. - Lyrics can contain idioms, references to some historical events and persons etc. - Singer has good pronouncation and sings in what we call more or less common English (no exotic dialects). Do you understand lyrical contents when you are listening to songs or you need '"helpers"? Answers like "I'm listening to music and don't care about lyrics are not accepted"! Edited by NotAProghead - February 21 2009 at 20:19
	Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)