irishpolyglot: It's unlikely your friend scoped the social situation properly, especially if she saw it as an opportunity to expose me as a "fraud" rather than simply socialise with me naturally as everyone else was.
Actually, as I was told - you were simply unable to communicate using any sort of advanced vocabulary as would be expected from someone who claims to be "fluent" in the language. Communicative, yes - but not fluent. C2 is defined as -
Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations.
From what I was told - you don't have that level of mastery, and you failed the exam. Therefore, calling yourself "fluent" is simply misleading. Being able to talk about a party doesn't mean you are fluent.
irishpolyglot: I did badly in other parts, but people who read my blog know that my priority is always conversational.
Fluency is when you are capable in all aspects - your exam results clearly show otherwise. No-one would ever consider someone who failed a C2 exam to be fluent in the language, especially with such low listening scores.
irishpolyglot: My level isn't bilingual, but it is fluent. It's important that you don't mix up the two.
You aren't fluent. In fact, you're actually proving it by admitting that you aren't very good in some aspects of the language.
Odd lag in that online video, too.
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