--- jersiedevil_rout666 wrote:
>
> --- Alina Karieva wrote:
<snip>
> > THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK ENGLISH AND EVEN BETTER THAN I DO,
> > BUT ENGLISH IS NOT THEIRS NATIVE LANGUAGE.
>
> -- Also, that should be "Their" as it is already plural and does
> not need an "S".
> See, this is why I don't like to correct people as I sound like
an
> English teacher!!!!

At least you don't look like an English teacher!!

...well not unless you have invested in some elbow pads since we last
met.

;-)

> > b> I am a person that *tries* to give *constructive* critisism
and
> tries
> > b> to avoid giving negative critisism. I'm not perfect, but I
think
> I
> > b> manage to do it more than most people.
> > I THINK IT'S OUR SIMILAR BEHAVING.
>
> -- I try to be constructive too, although sometime I worry that I
> sound as though I am taking the piss.

Some people are so sure that they won't be told something sincerely
they find it hard to believe a person who gives them the bottom line.

You can also run in to prejudice (the type with the small "p" - not
rampant racism style prejudice) and find that a person is unable to
to hear your critisism because they have an opinion about you that
prevents them from taking it. For example an older person may not
think a younger person knows anything about life yet or a yonger
person may think that everybody over 30 doesn't know anything about
popular music.

By the way Alina, be careful if you say "taking the piss" to anyone.
It is an informal way to say "making fun of someone" but it also has
a rude word in the end that may offend anyone that doesn't like that
sort of thing.

> On the other hand, when I am
> making a joke about something people never know whether or not I am
> being serious. For example, the other day, a girl on my course
asked
> me: "Do you have a kitchen in your house?" and I replied: "No, I
have
> to build a fire outside and cook that way"......The woman actually
> believed me!!!!!!!!

LOL! I wish I was there to see that. I'd have been rolling around the
floor. I once went to a LNO in the late days of LOOT (when I hadn't
been writing for about a year and all the newbies didn't know me).
Because I didn't know anyone I decided to tell everyone I met that I
was IWETEC. I got about four people before someone that did know me
recognised me and blew my cover.

> .....Anyway...

I think you mean "anyhoo"...

> > b> I don't drink coffee or smoke (that should have been "drinking
> > b> coffee" by the way).
> > I'VE NOTICED IT BUT MY MESSAGE WAS SENT ALREADY :)
>
> -- I know, I hate it when that happens!

I've done worse. I've had two "community" websites open before and
have been typing something something in one when something like an ad
poped up on the other page and brought that page up in front of the
other one without me noticing. So I've typed a lot of stuff that has
confused everyone. I've forgotten what it was now, so I hope it
wasn't too dodgy!

> > >> > > I had a beautiful dinner today... :))
>
> -- Mmmmmm....Dinner! :o)

Dinner beats the weather as a conversation topic.

> > b> because Britain *owns* England! If you own England then surely
> you
> > b> own English as well! What do you think? LOL
> > LOOK, TO TELL THE TRUTH, I KNOW THAT I'VE LEARNED BRITISH ENGLISH,
> > ALL MY TEACHERS SAID THAT. I EVEN DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WORD IS
> BRITISH, AND
> > WHAT IS AMERICAN ONE, HONESTY!
>
> -- You know, I wouldn't worry too much as most English people
> cannot speak English anyway!!!

Either that or they affect an American accent and act as if they live
in the Bronx.

> (Ignor that, we like our people to be
> well spoken!) ;o) The English langauge is actually made up as it
goes
> along; it's got bits of Greek, Latin, Anglo-Saxon (or whatever),
> French and gaelic.

...and hopefully a bit of Klingon soon!

> --Although I don't actually know why I am boring you with all of
> this!

I've been boring her (I think Alina is a female name as it has an "a"
at the end). I don't see why you shouldn't join in!

> > b> You should try a roast dinner sometime. Mmmmm!
> > NOTED, WILL TRY.
>
> --Stop mentioning dinner! I'm soooooooooo hungry!

Does that work with other things as well? If it does I might start
mentioning posting five pound notes to Big Mac a lot!

> > >> > Thanks for joining the Public Mouth community. We are a
bunch
> of
> > b> zany
> > >> > people so you will learn a bit of slang *as well as*
everyday
> > b> English
> > >> > if you talk to us.
> > BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE BOTH IN THIS GROUP - YOU AND ME,
> > I HAVEN'T ANY CORRESPONDENCE FROM OTHER MEMBERS.
>
> -- Fear not, Babe! For I am hear now!!!! :o)

<elbow patch mode>
You mean you are "here" now.
</elbow patch mode>

You know if people call me "Babe" I sometimes wonder if they are
implying I'm a pig! ;-)

> > >> It's true!!! I see so much slang that sometimes I think I will
> > b> never know
> > >> English like you.:(((
>
> --Lukily for you guys one of us had elocution lessons at school!
> although, having said that my English is slowly deteriorating since
> living in England (Ironic, huh?)

Shame you missed the spelling lession when they taught the
word "luckily"!

(Just kidding, my spelling is worse than yours.) ;-)

I think it is London rather than England that is the problem. There
are a lot of people (in the "yoof" culture) that seem to enjoy using
words incorrectly.

> > >> > So what is your native language? I speak a bit of Spanish
and
> a
> > b> bit
> > >> > of Klingon! I haven't decided which will be most useful yet!
> >
>
> -- My native language (well, technically) is Gaelic which has
often
> be mistaken for Klingon(!)I don't really think much of European
> languages, felt so cheated in high school where the only choices
> were; French, German and Spanish :o( I wanted to learn something
> cool, such as Japanese or Hindi!

Do you actually speak any Gaelic? I don't think that you can say it
is your language if they only speak English in the place your
ancestors come from. Otherwise I could say that my native language
was Anglo-Saxon. The only Anglo-Saxon word I can think of (at the
moment) is "apple".

I suppose a person's idea of a cool language depends partly on where
they think they might like to travel. Do you want to go to Japan or
India?

> > YOU KNOW, IN UZBEKISTAN THE MAIN NATION IS UZBEK. UZBEK PEOPLE ARE
> > SWARTHY, DARK-HAIRED AND DARK-EYEED. THE ANCIENTS UZBEK WERE
> OPPOSITE
> > - LIGHT SKIN AND EYES, BUT HAIRS SOMETIMES WERE RED.
> > AT THE PRESENT TIME IN UZBEKISTAN A LOT OF NATIONS, A LOT OF
> DIFFERENT
> > PEOPLE. ONE FOREIGN MAN SAID ME THAT PEOPLE IN OUR CITY ARE SO
> > DIFFERENT! ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT TYPES!
>
> -- It's interesting, all the different groups of people on this
> planet, makes one wonder how we all emerged from the same aomeba
(or
> whatever)

I get facinated by the fact that we are something like 95 percent
genitcally identical to chimpansees. I also wonder if there are any
other hair, skin or eye colours that we could evolve later on.

> > b> I hope that the Internet can make people from every country
> friends
> > b> so that in the future no country wants to point bombs at
another
> one.
> > I'M ALSO WANT TO BELIEVE IN THIS SO MUCH.
>
> -- YES! Share the love man! :o)

> > NOTED, KISS YOU!
>
> --Not THAT kind of love! LoL!

Damn, I was just going to get my camcorder! ;-)

> > b> By the way, what does the name Alina mean?
> > I'M ASHAMED BUT I DON'T KNOW. I COULDN'T FIND MY NAME IN GUIDES...
> > I MYSELF WANT TO KNOW.
>
> -- Alina means "Noble", it's Arabic I think. My name
> means "Defender of Humanity" :o)

Where did you find that? Alina isn't in my name dictionary.

> Yours Protectively,
> Sandey
> xxx

Yours Belovedly,
Big Mac