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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> I'm pretty sure we've had this conversation before... It basically
> amounts to "I don't know where to start".
Cheap way: Read the news (while trying to gain the skill of what news
to read and what not to).
Expensive way: Travel.
--
Red ship hits blue ship ... sailors marooned.
/\ /\ /\ /
/ \/ \ u e e n / \/ a w a z
>>>>>>mue### [at] nawaz org<<<<<<
anl
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>> I'm pretty sure we've had this conversation before... It basically
>> amounts to "I don't know where to start".
>
> Cheap way: Read the news (while trying to gain the skill of what news
> to read and what not to).
I never do this. The news is far too damn depressing.
> Expensive way: Travel.
I never did understand how travel is supposed to teach you anything.
(Other than how to feel lost and afraid - which I already know how to do.)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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> (my point being that Andy
> thinks he sucks at things he's never tried, and if that's the criteria,
> then we all suck at even more things <g>)
By that definition, I suck at sex.
Which may or may not be true, IDK.
(Hmm... maybe "suck" is the wrong term...)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:02:52 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> (my point being that Andy
>> thinks he sucks at things he's never tried, and if that's the criteria,
>> then we all suck at even more things <g>)
>
>By that definition, I suck at sex.
>
>Which may or may not be true, IDK.
>
>(Hmm... maybe "suck" is the wrong term...)
At least you've still got your humour :)
Keep it up.
Regards
Stephen
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> andrel wrote:
>> You mean that there are no dialects in France?
>
> This is France, where they have government departments to outlaw saying
> things like "le weekend". ;-)
>
With a rather limited success, I should say :-D
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Vincent
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> Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:
>> and none of the numerous variants in English :-)
>
> with "May" in English (altho of course without the long trailing off "y"
> had to cheat to get D's in French class. Altho, surprisingly, I did
> fairly well when I spent a month in Paris. Overall strange.
>
probably miss a good amount of nuance in my english pronunciation...
You can get away with "mistakes" like that pretty easily in everyday
life, though. Overall I think French is fairly forgiving on vowels
compared to English.
--
Vincent
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:01:51 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> I'm pretty sure we've had this conversation before... It basically
>>> amounts to "I don't know where to start".
>>
>> Cheap way: Read the news (while trying to gain the skill of what news
>> to read and what not to).
>
>I never do this. The news is far too damn depressing.
>
And lies (or is that BS or spin). I don't read much in the papers (deliberate
decision after working for a tabloid years ago) I listen to the radio where I've
a better chance of recognising BS.
>> Expensive way: Travel.
>
>I never did understand how travel is supposed to teach you anything.
>(Other than how to feel lost and afraid - which I already know how to do.)
It teaches you how to cope. You're story a few years ago about being invited to
the US office reminded me about my first trip abroad. 1974 and a week in Paris
for a training course. I was terrified about going, I could not speak French and
I would starve, get lost and make a fool of myself. My wife almost kicked me out
of the house to make me go. That experience changed my life, I found out what
food should taste like and I survived the travel.
It is not the actual travelling that broadens your mind but seeing that you can
do "hard" things. I still cannot speak any other language other than English but
I have travelled throughout Europe and other places, getting by, by looking at
people, speaking in a soft tone, smiling and pointing.
It has made me much more confident and a more interesting conversationalist (I
hope).
Some old codger's advice: When you are older it is the things that you've not
done that you regret not the things you have done.
Regards
Stephen
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Can someone clear that bit up for me?
no. d o e s n o t c o m p l e t e....
;)
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Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:
>> Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:
>>
>> with "May" in English (altho of course without the long trailing off
>> then I had to cheat to get D's in French class. Altho, surprisingly, I
>> did fairly well when I spent a month in Paris. Overall strange.
>
> probably miss a good amount of nuance in my english pronunciation...
I'd concur. Imagine 'may' pronounced by a Londoner, and you're a very
between 'ay' and 'ee' but 2/3 of the way towards 'ee' would be my best
guess!
B
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > (my point being that Andy
> > thinks he sucks at things he's never tried, and if that's the criteria,
> > then we all suck at even more things <g>)
>
> By that definition, I suck at sex.
>
> Which may or may not be true, IDK.
>
> (Hmm... maybe "suck" is the wrong term...)
oh, man! you just made me blow some coffee from my nose! LOL...
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