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06-24-2014, 07:05 PM
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Looking for truth or as close as one can get to the truth is in a way a taoist virtue.
Welcome. I am the only no native English speaking foreigner in this crazy gang.
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Your English is better than many native speakers. But one of the hardest things to learn about a language, particularly on a medium like this, where there is no tone of voice to provide clues, is when someone is being facetious.
And who are you calling a gang?
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06-25-2014, 01:03 AM
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Always this damned language barrier. I think "hen party" (in the sense of the German term "Kaffeekränzchen") is better.
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06-25-2014, 05:54 AM
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The biggest problem for speakers of a different language is slang or local usage. Having grown up in Quebec I am well aware how this works in both English and French. Allso having lectured abroad you had to be very careful to avoid such terms and phrases.
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06-25-2014, 07:28 AM
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The biggest problem for speakers of a different language is slang or local usage. Having grown up in Quebec I am well aware how this works in both English and French. Allso having lectured abroad you had to be very careful to avoid such terms and phrases.
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Yep. It was funny to listen to Americans who thought they spoke passable German when I lived there. They would directly translate American idioms and wonder why Germans didn't understand them.
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06-25-2014, 07:37 AM
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Body language helps a lot - facial expressions and things like that, but not in the internet. The internet is the perfect place for misunderstandings in a foreign language, despite smilies and emoticons.
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06-25-2014, 08:05 AM
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Yep. It was funny to listen to Americans who thought they spoke passable German when I lived there. They would directly translate American idioms and wonder why Germans didn't understand them.
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I settled for learning to say bitte und danke when I was there.
It seemed to work.
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03-06-2016, 11:07 PM
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Not a new member but a continuing member. I had requested a user name change to the one I use on AK. Why? This is a great forum, knowledge and intelligence are awesome and figured I will stick around and continue to participate. So why go incognito, so as of this evening I am using my real first name for a user name.
And once again thank you all.
ex-BeamOn and now Rajoo
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Ah, that's why Bob was always calling you Rajoo. Clears that up.
Pleased to meet you, Rajoo!
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Ah, that's why Bob was always calling you Rajoo. Clears that up.
Pleased to meet you, Rajoo!
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Likewise DQ, pleasure to know you. If I ever have a problem with a JBL voice coil, expect a PM.
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Goodbye BeamOn, hello Rajoo!
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