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Started by Shadow.97, January 03, 2013, 02:53 AM

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Shadow.97

Quote from: humbert on January 31, 2013, 05:27 AM
Changing the topic a little, let me ask you. You told me once that in 6th grade you had to choose a 3rd language to learn (Swedish and English being the 1st two), and you chose German. How it it going? Is your command of German as good as your command of English?

Oh, and don't sit there and tell me your English is bad. That's not true at all. Your English spelling and grammar are both much better than the average American, who very often speaks just one language. I can't say anything about your speech because I've never heard you, but if you're as good as Bubster (the other Swede here), it's perfect.
Comparing me and Bubster is a bit unfair in my oppinion as he is older and probably had more english courses in his life than me ^^!
My german is not good in my opinion the first year I had it I had such a terrible teacher I was seriously thinking of ragequitting from german clases. I learned NOTHING the first year. But now I have atleast the lowest accepted grade (E) and I made it through all the tests. And no as there is far less people speaking German and most Germans speak better english than I speak German we almost always use English when we speak. I've been using and chatting with English since I was probably 8 (at that time I had been reading English for 1 year.) I have no problem with the actual German Grammatic but when it comes to words I fail, I fail badly. Mainly because of the first year was the year where we learnt the most words. But now after almost 3 years of studying German it is much easier to learn when I can create simple phrases with the words/things I've learned.
I don't know if I told you, but we could choose between, sign language (speaking with only hands basically), French, German, and Spanish. In grade 8 I believe we could pick a 4'th language to learn but as I had too much problems with learning German I had to skip that opportunity, otherwise I'd probably fail German class.
Another note; my English in my personal opinion is somewhat good, but so does not my teacher think. He's opinion is that I am only worth a "D" (A Best, a b c d e E worst.)
When I am speaking with Americans my age I seriously get pissed of sometimes when they write like this "hru can u get me sum of that **** ty?" As I read "u" in swedish and it doesn't sound at all like "you" to me I get stuck in that sentence and often stop chatting with that person. Another advantage I am having right now is translating engines, as my English isn't perfect I am still missing words to use(Not speaking fluently but instead getting caught up missing one word and making me explain which word I was going to use and then most often loosing the subject.).
If you have skype you can add me (same username as on here) Just type in your username from this page(nomaher.com) in the box where you present yourself. Whenever I am on my PC at home I will almost answer texts immediately even though I am on 'busy'.

scarface

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to the specialist shadow97: if you think win8 will settle your problem, then download windows blue that has just been released, though not officialy. it cant be activated and is valid till 01/2014.
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-blue-build-9364-leaked-to-the-internet

humbert

@Shadow -> Notice that I didn't compare you to Bubster or anyone else. I said "if you're as good as Bubster...." simply using him as a point of reference under the assumption that you and he were educated in a somewhat similar system. I know that comparisons are in very bad taste due to the simple fact that no 2 humans are the same.

As for learning German, I know perfectly what it's like to have a bad teacher. These people may know the material perfectly, but don't know how to teach it. The worst of the worst are those who keep saying the students are too stupid to learn anything and criticize them accordingly, thus destroying any incentive. And yes, the other thing you mention is very true -- any time you're in Europe and people detect you're not good at their native language, the use English to talk to you. The bad part about this is you can't practice and, as such, won't learn.

I honestly don't know what criteria your teachers use to judge your English. I have never heard you speak, but I can tell you one thing - in writing and reading it you're flawless. Rarely if ever have I seen you misspell a word or use grammar which might need improvement. I assure you that the majority of Americans don't write it as well as you do.

Those Americans who chat with you are using "internet speak". HRU is short of "who are you", and the letter U means "you". Go here and you'll see the full list. And thanks for the Skype invitation, although in the past I've looked for you as Shadow.97 and haven't found you, not even as an offline user.

@Scarface - after nearly 25 years of the same thing happening over and over, does it suprise you what Windows Blue got "leaked"? Bill Gates probably uploaded it himself using his account on iptorrents or one of those 0-day sites. Why abandon the same strategy that has make him a billionaire? Ask yourself this: why is it that all these copies are "leaked" before anyone even knows they exist, whereas Windows' source code has never been leaked?



Shadow.97

Quote from: humbert on April 02, 2013, 05:58 AM
@Shadow -> Notice that I didn't compare you to Bubster or anyone else. I said "if you're as good as Bubster...." simply using him as a point of reference under the assumption that you and he were educated in a somewhat similar system. I know that comparisons are in very bad taste due to the simple fact that no 2 humans are the same.

As for learning German, I know perfectly what it's like to have a bad teacher. These people may know the material perfectly, but don't know how to teach it. The worst of the worst are those who keep saying the students are too stupid to learn anything and criticize them accordingly, thus destroying any incentive. And yes, the other thing you mention is very true -- any time you're in Europe and people detect you're not good at their native language, the use English to talk to you. The bad part about this is you can't practice and, as such, won't learn.

I honestly don't know what criteria your teachers use to judge your English. I have never heard you speak, but I can tell you one thing - in writing and reading it you're flawless. Rarely if ever have I seen you misspell a word or use grammar which might need improvement. I assure you that the majority of Americans don't write it as well as you do.

Those Americans who chat with you are using "internet speak". HRU is short of "who are you", and the letter U means "you". Go here and you'll see the full list. And thanks for the Skype invitation, although in the past I've looked for you as Shadow.97 and haven't found you, not even as an offline user.

@Scarface - after nearly 25 years of the same thing happening over and over, does it suprise you what Windows Blue got "leaked"? Bill Gates probably uploaded it himself using his account on iptorrents or one of those 0-day sites. Why abandon the same strategy that has make him a billionaire? Ask yourself this: why is it that all these copies are "leaked" before anyone even knows they exist, whereas Windows' source code has never been leaked?
Okay, if you can't find it by this name
+"---ZeedarN =D--> *Ri Sol-ju*"+
You can't find me at all (I have set that as my "real name")
Also, thanks scarface I think I'll download that to a pc I might be getting within a month (birthday) from my cousin, It has old specs and isn't the fastest I will use it as a test server basically and later on when I go to the PC "engineering" school(IT) after this summer I will probably learn about everything I'll need to know, and at that time it will probably have came out an even lighter OS for me to use(That supports .exe etc)
And I know what hru, roflmao etc mean, but I just find them annoying to read, as it feels like the people don't really want to chat with you/won't dedicate the time to be somewhat proper. In my personal opinion it's a bit like going around and throwing the soda cans on the ground instead of either taking them home or turn them in for like 1kr to some machines that chew them.(Do you have a word for those?)
I don't know if you've heard of the messenger app for phones called Kik? At first I thought it was forshort for some words so I got all confused at first, until I was told it was an app.


humbert

Quote from: Shadow.97 on April 02, 2013, 05:52 PM
+"---ZeedarN =D--> *Ri Sol-ju*"+
You can't find me at all (I have set that as my "real name")

Shadow - is this just as you see it above, including the plus signs? Retype the exact name in blue ink so I can get it right.

Shadow.97

Quote from: humbert on April 04, 2013, 02:09 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on April 02, 2013, 05:52 PM
+"---ZeedarN =D--> *Ri Sol-ju*"+
You can't find me at all (I have set that as my "real name")

Shadow - is this just as you see it above, including the plus signs? Retype the exact name in blue ink so I can get it right.
+"---ZeedarN =D--> *Ri Sol-ju*"+
All of this ^^