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Ubik
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Studies: Latin, Arabic (Egyptian), German, Spanish

 
 Message 57 of 58
01 December 2010 at 1:16am | IP Logged 
Iversen wrote:
I have to put up with their babble about relationships and people they know and cars and the weather, so they have to put up with my tendency to quantify.


Absolutely! I too am a collector (music, books, monopoly and Steelers memorabilia, movies, etc) so I find myself quantifying and then think...does this person even care? Am I coming off like a braggart? But your retort puts it in perspective.

I havent replied to this thread yet so Ill just say that I go the super clinical honest route and, at the expense of boring them, tell them my levels in speaking, reading, writing, and listening (which is always the worst). With German in particular I state that I can circumlocute my way through a mean one-sided conversation!

Edited by Ubik on 01 December 2010 at 1:17am

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LauraM
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 Message 58 of 58
01 December 2010 at 3:35am | IP Logged 
mick33 wrote:
LauraM wrote:
I don't know if I'd be a braggart or not as I have yet to have anything to brag
about....
I agree.


I'm glad we both agree that I don't have anything to brag about! LOL
Seriously though, in life I downplay everything, so I doubt I could/would ever UNLESS there were special
circumstances and perhaps I just really wanted to make a point. I much prefer to look better than expected...
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