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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... I'm always amazed at the number of science fiction fans here. It seems sci-fi and cat slavery go hand in hand! That's because cats are aliens. Ask them. They have to tell the truth, it's the law. Pam S |
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"Christine K" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: "Christine K" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: "Christine K" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: You beat me to it. I was going to say no language is foreign if it's your own. There is some sort of strange idea that everyone should speak English. Tweed But of course everybody speaks English, even all the aliens on the sci-fi shows speak English... Good point, Christine! I did ask N if she would like me to learn German as I felt embarrassed that she was obliged to speak English to me all the time. (I only learnt French at school.) She said not, that she would prefer to practise her English on me and besides she thought I might be too old to learn it now! LOL! phew Tweed How rude of her to call you old... It's not exactly what she meant. She meant I should have learned German as a child which would never have happened when I was at school as the war was only twenty five years away and the idea of learning German, well totally out of the question. We learnt French instead. It has only been useful for me to read what is on packets of food. I know exactly what is in them ;-) Tweed C'est très bien! I'm "rehashing" my rusty and limited French with my latest flame (BF/DP), who's English is worse than my French... :/ (Not a Finn, so the local languages are not an option...) Oh, you have a new boyfriend! Congratulations. What nationality is he? (don't just say French! lots of nations speak French ;-) ) Brits are dire at other languages. We expect people all over the world to learn it. I was quite good at translating French-English and reverse when I was at school but was shy about speaking it. As an adult I realise it does not really matter what your accent is like, just that you try, and native speakers will be kind about it. Learning French has not been particularly useful to me. German would have been better as it turned out ;-) I have the best German-English dictionary (called Duden) I was trying to tell N how much I liked tapirs a while ago. I looked in Duden and couldn't find tapir in it, so I tried to describe it to her. "It's like a big pig with a little trunk on its nose" She said "in German we call it a tapir..German isn't so difficult after all, is it?" That made me laugh. So sarcastically wonderfully funny. Tweed |
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On 20 marras, 00:12, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "ChristineK" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: "ChristineK" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: "ChristineK" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: You beat me to it. *I was going to say no language is foreign if it's your own. There is some sort of strange idea that everyone should speak English. Tweed But of course everybody speaks English, even all the aliens on the sci-fi shows speak English... Good point,Christine! *I did ask N if she would like me to learn German as I felt embarrassed that she was obliged to speak English to me all the time. (I only learnt French at school.) *She said not, that she would prefer to practise her English on me and besides she thought I might be too old to learn it now! LOL! phew Tweed How rude of her to call you old... * *It's not exactly what she meant. She meant I should have learned German as a child which would never have happened when I was at school as the war was only twenty five years away and the idea of learning German, well totally out of the question. * We learnt French instead. *It has only been useful for me to read what is on packets of food. *I know exactly what is in them ;-) Tweed C'est très bien! I'm "rehashing" my rusty and limited French with my latestflame(BF/DP), who's English is worse than my French... :/ (Not a Finn, so the local languages are not an option...) Oh, you have a new boyfriend! *Congratulations. *What nationality is he? (don't just say French! lots of nations speak French ;-) ) Sorry for the delay. I tried to reply to you directly with a longer message but it bounced. I guess I didn't fix the addy properly. Anyway, my new boyfriend is Tunisian, even though he doesn't "look the part", he's got blue eyes... It seems strange to hear him speak Arabic with his friends... Christine in Finland |
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"christal63" wrote in message ... On 20 marras, 00:12, "Christina Websell" wrote: "ChristineK" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: "ChristineK" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: "ChristineK" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: You beat me to it. I was going to say no language is foreign if it's your own. There is some sort of strange idea that everyone should speak English. Tweed But of course everybody speaks English, even all the aliens on the sci-fi shows speak English... Good point,Christine! I did ask N if she would like me to learn German as I felt embarrassed that she was obliged to speak English to me all the time. (I only learnt French at school.) She said not, that she would prefer to practise her English on me and besides she thought I might be too old to learn it now! LOL! phew Tweed How rude of her to call you old... It's not exactly what she meant. She meant I should have learned German as a child which would never have happened when I was at school as the war was only twenty five years away and the idea of learning German, well totally out of the question. We learnt French instead. It has only been useful for me to read what is on packets of food. I know exactly what is in them ;-) Tweed C'est très bien! I'm "rehashing" my rusty and limited French with my latestflame(BF/DP), who's English is worse than my French... :/ (Not a Finn, so the local languages are not an option...) Oh, you have a new boyfriend! Congratulations. What nationality is he? (don't just say French! lots of nations speak French ;-) ) Sorry for the delay. I tried to reply to you directly with a longer message but it bounced. I guess I didn't fix the addy properly. Anyway, my new boyfriend is Tunisian, even though he doesn't "look the part", he's got blue eyes... It seems strange to hear him speak Arabic with his friends... Blue eyes look very striking with a dark skin. I have a friend whose father was Pakistani and mother was white. She has quite a dark skin but her eyes are amazingly blue. I wish you happiness with him, but be aware (as I know you are) that his idea of women's place in the world might not be the same as yours. Tweed |
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Christina Websell kirjoitti:
"christal63" wrote in message ... Sorry for the delay. I tried to reply to you directly with a longer message but it bounced. I guess I didn't fix the addy properly. Anyway, my new boyfriend is Tunisian, even though he doesn't "look the part", he's got blue eyes... It seems strange to hear him speak Arabic with his friends... Blue eyes look very striking with a dark skin. I have a friend whose father was Pakistani and mother was white. She has quite a dark skin but her eyes are amazingly blue. I wish you happiness with him, but be aware (as I know you are) that his idea of women's place in the world might not be the same as yours. Tweed He's not very dark, but yes, darker than me. And oh yes, I'll set him straight if he tries to put me in a place I don't want to be, I'm a cat (usually rabbit, sometimes cat, I prefer cat...) in the Chinese horoscope, after all... But he cooks, cleans, irons etc. so it doesn't seem too bad, and his friend with whom he's staying here is married to a Finnish woman, so I'm sure he's got some background info already. -- Christine in Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com |
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"Christine K" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: "christal63" wrote in message ... Sorry for the delay. I tried to reply to you directly with a longer message but it bounced. I guess I didn't fix the addy properly. Anyway, my new boyfriend is Tunisian, even though he doesn't "look the part", he's got blue eyes... It seems strange to hear him speak Arabic with his friends... Blue eyes look very striking with a dark skin. I have a friend whose father was Pakistani and mother was white. She has quite a dark skin but her eyes are amazingly blue. I wish you happiness with him, but be aware (as I know you are) that his idea of women's place in the world might not be the same as yours. Tweed He's not very dark, but yes, darker than me. And oh yes, I'll set him straight if he tries to put me in a place I don't want to be, I'm a cat (usually rabbit, sometimes cat, I prefer cat...) in the Chinese horoscope, after all... But he cooks, cleans, irons etc. so it doesn't seem too bad, and his friend with whom he's staying here is married to a Finnish woman, so I'm sure he's got some background info already. He cooks, cleans and irons! If he does gardening too, send him here. Seriously, I wish you happiness with him. You deserve it. Tweed |
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Christina Websell kirjoitti:
"Christine K" wrote in message ... He's not very dark, but yes, darker than me. And oh yes, I'll set him straight if he tries to put me in a place I don't want to be, I'm a cat (usually rabbit, sometimes cat, I prefer cat...) in the Chinese horoscope, after all... But he cooks, cleans, irons etc. so it doesn't seem too bad, and his friend with whom he's staying here is married to a Finnish woman, so I'm sure he's got some background info already. He cooks, cleans and irons! If he does gardening too, send him here. Seriously, I wish you happiness with him. You deserve it. Tweed I'll have to ask him about the gardening bit, but even if he does, you can't have him!! And thanks for the good wishes. -- Christine in Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com |
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