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| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5218 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 657 of 672 10 December 2012 at 12:14am | IP Logged |
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Oh, just a 'normal' conversation. Sounds excellent, yes -- not seeing one other person's face while talking is bad enough (unless I know him/her in person so I can more or less imagine his/her reactions), but when it's two (or more) faces you don't see, I'm never sure several of us won't start speaking at the same time when the other one stops.
That alone drives me nuts -- I have a tendency to interrupt people when talking (it's partly a cultural thing, partly a family idiosyncrasy), and that may be annoying enough in person, where it can be controlled (or negotiated, in SLA neospeak), so I don't really want people rambling on everyone behind my back about how I always interrupt everyone... and then, there's all the other stuff -- as I said this will take time. But I'm patient :) Edit: sorry Fabricio, didn't see you were about to post ;) Edited by mrwarper on 10 December 2012 at 12:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5326 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 658 of 672 10 December 2012 at 12:28am | IP Logged |
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I actually find it quite soothing not to see the people I talk to - or rather that they do not see me. The first time we did the Skype session I spent an hour curling my hair and putting on make up (the fact that it was New Year's Eve and that I was going to a party right after it may of course have influenced it) whereas today I was sitting in a comfy PJ, without the trace of make up on).
Skyping is something you get used to. But it is tough in the beginning. The good news is that you have now done it a few times, so you are already over the worst :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5326 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 659 of 672 10 December 2012 at 12:50am | IP Logged |
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By the way, I looked through the team threads for 2013, and a lot of them seem to want to copy our Skype idea, and the Asian team even quoted us twice as inspiration.How neat is that :-)? Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 10 December 2012 at 12:51am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4699 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 660 of 672 10 December 2012 at 11:48am | IP Logged |
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5218 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 661 of 672 10 December 2012 at 12:40pm | IP Logged |
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Before the team sessions I had tried Skype exactly once. By (no?) coincidence, with Miss Russian Beauty to be precise, only in 2008 or something like that. My father had totally thwarted my laptop audio config, though, so we gave up after thirty seconds and I was hardly ready for anything -- For our first session I even shaved (you'd never tell from my Skype avatar uh? ;) before joining in and discovering that multiple video-conferencing was a premium feature and we were doing audio only.
I haven't got used to using the telephone yet, so I still have some reservations about Skype. That, however, is because of how untimely phone calls are most of the time. I have one friend with whom I actually talk on the phone sometimes, precisely because we schedule our conversations (pretty much a need if you're about to talk for 5 or 6 hours) and that (the scheduling) is something I really loved about our proposal for meetings. WRT to other teams, well, I tried to promote the idea in Team い (that's Japanese "i" for all non-members ;P ) because even if I have my issues with it I can spot a good idea without the need for it to come and bite my low back :) Edited by mrwarper on 10 December 2012 at 12:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5326 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 662 of 672 30 December 2012 at 4:54pm | IP Logged |
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Fellow Sputnikers, this year's journey has come to an end. It has been an amazing year, and I could not have
wished for better team mates. We have Skyped (a lot of us), met (some of us) exchanged ideas (all of us) quarreled and joked, we have helped each other on in good times and hard times, lifted each other up when we have needed it, nagged each other when that was appropriate and most importantly of all: A lot of us have made it to the end and we have learned lots of Russian. I must admit that it is with actual tears in my eyes that I say : Go team Sputnik! - for the very last time. However I am happy to see that many of us have continued together on a new team, and in addition we have been joined by lots of eager new TACers, so I will say like they do with the kings: Team Sputnik is dead - long live team Mir! And a big thanks and a huge Norwegian bear hug to you all! Cristina Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 30 December 2012 at 5:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4699 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 663 of 672 30 December 2012 at 5:03pm | IP Logged |
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Do not hug a bear.
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5548 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 664 of 672 31 December 2012 at 1:11am | IP Logged |
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You don't hug bear; bear hugs you! ;)
Here's a little Russian classic to play out the end of a glorious year together in Team Sputnik, and welcome in 2013 and Team Mir! "Александра" (from the movie "Москва слезам не верит"). Edited by Teango on 31 December 2012 at 1:25am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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