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ExtraLean
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Message 41 of 66

07 August 2009 at 5:45pm | IP Logged

There's always the exception which proves the rule Bao.

:P

Anyway, I'm going to Spain, back in a week.
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Bao
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Message 42 of 66

07 August 2009 at 6:14pm | IP Logged

Well, maybe that was what made him attractive. ;)

Have fun here. :)
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mick33
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Message 43 of 66

07 August 2009 at 8:34pm | IP Logged

cordelia0507 wrote:

For the record, Andee (I believe) is female.
I did notice the Tok Pisin in her profile a few months back, but isn't that just bush English from the islands of SE Asia? I thought she had entered it as a joke!

HOWEVER her provess in Korean is really admirable! She just didn't spring to mind at the time. But she definitely goes on the honour role for her Korean! :-)

You're right, I believe that Tok Pisin started as a Pidgin English in Papua New Guinea. Tok Pisin is still an unusual choice, even for Australians. I don't know any Korean so I can't comment on that.

cordelia0507 wrote:

The language choices of Ashley and Tup just struck me as very cool. Both give the impresion of being quality focussed learners, no fly-by-night, quickfix approach.

They come from countries where you can no doubt get by without ever learning any foreign language at all. That really makes it more impressive I think. I doubt I'd speak any foreign languages unless circumstances had put them in my way.

Ashley has been hanging in there for many months. Most people would spend their efforts on a more "profitable" obvious langage but she picked Romanian for unkown (to me) reasons, and gives it her best... As I understand it, most people her age in the US would not be able to locate Romania on a map.. Let alone take a lasting interest in the culture and make genuine progress in the language! I think it's really inspiring and who knows what it might lead to?

I agree, Ashley seems really excited about Romanian. True, most Americans only know Romania as the place where Vlad Tepes lived.

cordelia0507 wrote:

Likewise I doubt Sweden is even remotely on the radar of 99% of people in Brazil. I have to think very hard to recall a single Swedish person I know who has even been to Brazil. Tupiniquim has no personal connection to Sweden but is capable of writing in completely flawless Swedish and reads fairly advanced Swedish litterature.

Wow! I haven't been following Tupiniquim; but maybe I should be, since my own progress in Swedish is vey slow.

Edited by mick33 on 07 August 2009 at 8:35pm
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cordelia0507
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Message 44 of 66

07 August 2009 at 8:39pm | IP Logged

Yeah, Tupiniquim and a Chinese guy (nick = Taka) are the prodigies of Swedish on this forum...

(Rural) Romania is also the location where the despiccable "Borat" film (should be banned...) was filmed.

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Ashley_Victrola
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Message 45 of 66

09 August 2009 at 1:17am | IP Logged

cordelia0507 wrote:

(Rural) Romania is also the location where the despiccable "Borat" film (should be banned...) was filmed.

YEAH, I remember hating that movie even when it first came out (except for when he had that chicken pop out of his usitcase on the metro....THAT was funny) so I really hated it when I realized he'd exploited some poor people like that for...what...20 bucks a day? Whatever it was, it was a pittance in exchange for the kind of gross stuff he did.
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Ashley_Victrola
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Message 46 of 66

09 August 2009 at 1:20am | IP Logged

mick33 wrote:

What about Andee? His profile lists Tok Pisin amongst the languages he speaks and I haven't seen anyone else here that either speaks or is learning Tok Pisin. EDIT: I was mistaken, glossika also knows Tok Pisin.

To go back on track: Yeah, I definitely found Tok Piksin a cool one. I thought Tagalog was an interesting and unique language too. My aunt is from the Phillippines and speaks it.
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icing_death
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Message 47 of 66

09 August 2009 at 4:11am | IP Logged

I would guess that a good percentage of the members here fit your criteria. Or at least 1000. Try not to leave
anybody out:)
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Katie
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Message 48 of 66

09 August 2009 at 12:18pm | IP Logged

ExtraLean wrote:

patuco wrote:

he's only Australian and they're quite girly ;-)

No no, Australians are overweight, not effeminate. Not even the women. Though I suppose that there must be some fit, masculine Australians. If there weren't, then who'd control the crocs?

Hey!! LOL I think that might be a bit of a stereotype there! (Although... hmmm... actually.... :P)

For the record, I'm not overweight... and I'm an Aussie! :)

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