heikimikey
Silver Shield Investigator
Communication Junkie
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Post by heikimikey on Jun 16, 2009 12:24:20 GMT -5
Hi there!
I am new as well. I Enjoyed reading your FAQs about the rules here so much that I decided to join. I am from Germany and this is an absolute premiere for me: I have never before joined a board, a fansite, entered a chatroom or anything like that. So if I behave kind of blonde sometimes, bear with me please....;o).
Is there, by chance, any Terry-Pratchett-Fan around here who also believes that Det. Goren actually IS Sam Vimes?
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Post by tjara on Jun 16, 2009 13:01:26 GMT -5
*waving across the border*
Welcome!!!
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Post by idget on Jun 19, 2009 14:16:15 GMT -5
Welcome Heikimikey! Whats Unison?
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Post by Patcat on Jun 19, 2009 14:18:47 GMT -5
Welcome!
Patcat
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Post by tjara on Jun 19, 2009 17:46:30 GMT -5
Idget, I think she means "conformity". It's just a guess. Do elaborate, Heikimikey!
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heikimikey
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Post by heikimikey on Jun 19, 2009 17:50:44 GMT -5
Hi Idget,
"unison sucks" is my motto in life. I do not like to sing unison, I am always adding parts and harmonies to every song. Singing is my life (ours, to be precise......my husbands leads the Contemporary Choir of the American Church in Berlin). I have no idea if it is grammatically correct, but our former Choir director, who was American, used this term and it as been an established term with us and our friends and fellow choir singers ever since.
I think that "different is beautiful" and I love meet new people, learn new things, hear about different opinions, different attitudes, different recipes, traditions.....just continue ;o)
And thanks again for your welcomes! I will be the one with the funny terms and the online-dictionary constantly opened when posting.......and could it be I am the OLDEST here??? Ohwell......
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Post by DonnaJo on Jun 19, 2009 20:18:40 GMT -5
I know for a fact that you aren't the oldest one here, heiki.  |
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Post by outerbankschick on Jun 19, 2009 20:49:05 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest members!  |
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Post by tjara on Jun 20, 2009 2:59:38 GMT -5
If the number in your profile is correct, then it's more like the median age... *ducks in fear of flying objects*
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Post by caitlen on Jun 20, 2009 7:40:26 GMT -5
If the number in your profile is correct, then it's more like the median age... *ducks in fear of flying objects* LOL, tjara, Welcome to all new members here |
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Post by idget on Jun 20, 2009 9:19:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the info Heikimikey. I agree, I love differences and learning about new things. You are doing fine with your English. I was over in Germany and Austria about 2 and 1/2 years ago at Christmas time and was very impressed with how everybody spoke such fluent English and their willingness to converse with tourists. It made me, with my command of one language and a smattering of Latin feel very inadequate.
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heikimikey
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Post by heikimikey on Jun 20, 2009 11:58:44 GMT -5
....to Donnajo: thanks, meanwhile I found out that I can see other peoples' profile as well. I am glad I am not Granny among the teens here To idget: LATIN, oh my. I hated Latin.... yeah, you see, English is such an important language over here, not only among the TV addicts who want to watch their favourite show before it is actually broadcasted in German...it is, actually, still the first choice in Germany and Austria, although meanwhile French or even Spanish are options, too. My generation HAD to learn English as a first language (and it is SO much easier than French that I did not mind at all. I hated French, too ) |
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Post by tjara on Jun 20, 2009 15:58:27 GMT -5
Scio me nihil scire |
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Post by outerbankschick on Jun 20, 2009 23:04:22 GMT -5
That's so interesting to me that English is so popular and widely used. As someone who took four years of Spanish in high school only to forget most of it for lack of use, I've always wished that I had done more to keep myself fluent in a foreign language. My Dad's side of the family has some German ancestry and I've always wanted to travel there, especially to Bavaria. |
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Post by tjara on Jun 21, 2009 4:03:47 GMT -5
OBC, I guess it's different in Europe which is still very diverse in languages. Travel like 3-4 hours where I live and you'll have to speak either a slavic language or Italian. That's different in the States - you can go for hours and people will still speak English.
Also, English is easy to learn and the language of the computer age. Take my dad, for example, who never really learned a lot of English in school, but just because he had to use computers for work, he knows a lot...
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