dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5022 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 9 of 13 16 May 2011 at 11:18pm | IP Logged |
Your right. Re-reading Keilan's post, I dont think it was meant as rude.
It goes to show that more than just words are involved in communication.
OP: You should definetly take up the offer!
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Keilan Senior Member Canada Joined 5086 days ago 125 posts - 241 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 10 of 13 16 May 2011 at 11:38pm | IP Logged |
It seems my little joke was more ambiguous than expected.
His use of maybe was perfectly grammatical. My response was meant to be very tongue in cheek, and what I was trying to communicate is "That sounds like an amazing opportunity, and I think you should go for it". My apologies for the confusion, I would blame the difficulty of talking via text, but I get this in real life as well. :) I tend to deliver my jokes with a straight face, but I'll make an effort to throw in a smiley or a "haha" here and there.
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datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5585 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French
| Message 11 of 13 17 May 2011 at 2:44am | IP Logged |
No offense taken, I busted out laughing being corrected on my own post!
Funny thing, today at work they sat in my section on purpose, I will definitely take them up on their offer!
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mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5226 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese
| Message 12 of 13 17 May 2011 at 8:19pm | IP Logged |
I wish I can find more people like those two in real life as well!
Congratulations on your good luck... and remember, if you ever get tired, swap places with me :)
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TMO138 Newbie United States Joined 4939 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes
| Message 13 of 13 18 May 2011 at 12:23am | IP Logged |
Wow you're so lucky...Around here, people can barely speak English well, (deep South) yet here you are speaking to two polyglot professors.
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