Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5558 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 137 of 221 23 July 2011 at 12:35am | IP Logged |
This is terrible news - my thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Norway, especially the families of the victims!
I really hope none of your friends or colleagues were injured in the blast.
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espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5053 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani
| Message 138 of 221 23 July 2011 at 1:00am | IP Logged |
I was in shock when I heard the news about Oslo. You contribute so much to this forum that my first thought was "I hope Solfrid Cristin is okay."
Both of my hometowns, Moscow and New York, had horrible terrorist attacks, so I think I know how you must feel, and I hope that everything will be okay...
Edited by espejismo on 23 July 2011 at 1:16am
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ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian
| Message 139 of 221 23 July 2011 at 1:04am | IP Logged |
Wow, that's very frightening and sad. I'm so glad to hear that you're okay though. I hope that everything will turn out alright without any further tragedy -- both with the attacks and with your father.
Edited by ellasevia on 23 July 2011 at 7:32am
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ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5337 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French
| Message 140 of 221 23 July 2011 at 7:30am | IP Logged |
Solfrid, I had been so busy all day yesterday that I hadn't even heard about the attacks yet so reading your post was quite a shock. News like this makes me scared to be living in a capital city myself.
Like everyone else, I am very glad you're alright and I hope all your friends and family are okay as well.
Edited by ReneeMona on 23 July 2011 at 7:31am
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tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5455 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin
| Message 141 of 221 23 July 2011 at 11:08am | IP Logged |
It is awful. I was outside, in the street, when the bomb went off, about 300 metres from where I was. Shock wave.
Broken glass everywhere. Smoke and dust in the streets. Saw a couple of injured people that was being taken care
of. Didn't really understand the magnitude before I saw it on TV. The shooting and killing of all those innocent
young people at Utøya that started about an hour later is even worse.
Edited by tractor on 23 July 2011 at 11:09am
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5336 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 142 of 221 23 July 2011 at 9:16pm | IP Logged |
Thank you teango, espejismo, ellasevia and ReneeMona for your kind words. I am sorry to hear of your experience, tractor, and I am happy to know you are o.k.
In the middle of this terrible national tragedy in Norway, I have also a personal tragedy. My kind, humorous father passed away at 7 o clock in the morning at the age of 91. He died exactly on the hour 6 months after my mother. I feel like I have a hole in my heart the size of Alaska right now.
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ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian
| Message 143 of 221 23 July 2011 at 9:23pm | IP Logged |
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss, Cristina. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be having to lose one parent, let alone both of them within six months of each other and in the midst of a national crisis. My thoughts are with you and your family. As they say in East Africa, pole na msiba wako.
Edited by ellasevia on 23 July 2011 at 9:30pm
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tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5455 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin
| Message 144 of 221 23 July 2011 at 9:45pm | IP Logged |
Sorry to hear about your father.
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