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Reply #15 - Dec 28^th, 2003 at 8:12am

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Come to think of it I haven't seen Katahu for a while. Probably going through a phase or "phrase" as my dear late mother-in-law used to call it. He'll be back in good time, Im sure of it. Wink

Katahu might have lived in the US but I don't think English was his native tongue either. Heck, French was my best subject at school but I'm ashamed to admit that I couldn't put a simple intelligible sentence together in any foreign language these days. Roll Eyes

Hi Doug...
..back to Katana 1000...
I can remember it took me what seemed like centuries to stop Katana using the symbol to the left of the "1" key,....(what's it called?), instead of the apostrophe symbol, on the @ key... Grin

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...and you know how much I love "apostrophe's".... Grin

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(Apostrophe is my middle name)... Grin

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Cheers... Grin

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Doug... you would not believe how much I miss my "SpellWrite"* program from "Nerdsunlimited".... Cry

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I can't find anything to compare with it now that the site has closed down... Cry

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*It worked automatically as a spell checker in the SimV postings... Grin

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Reply #16 - Dec 28^th, 2003 at 8:57am

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Hi Doug...
..back to Katana 1000...

There. See how confusing life is? I actually meant Katana in the first place. Roll Eyes

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Realising my mistake I went & corrected it before going for a quick lie down in a darkened room - only to find on my return that you quoted my original reply. What is a man to do. Life ain't fair & no matter how hard you try sometimes you just can't win. Angry

Have to be careful in future or people will be quoting all sorts of gibberish that I usually write. Being a rotten typist I generally edit my replies several times before they make any sense at all. It can sometimes be a matter of hours before I get it how I want it. 8) Cheesy

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Doug... you would not believe how much I miss my "SpellWrite"* program from "Nerdsunlimited".... ...!
I can't find anything to compare with it now that the site has closed down... ...!!

I'm one of the lucky ones who never had too many problems with spelling. I know immediately if a word looks wrong & if necessary paste it into a word processor for a spell check. For convenience I often use the spell checker in the AOL mail gizmo. This is fine providing I don't hit the wrong button & send it to someone. Roll Eyes

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Reply #17 - Dec 28^th, 2003 at 9:29am

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You could do worse than follow Silent's example. English is not his mother tongue yet he puts most of us here to shame. That includes you Fozzer old bean - & me come to that. Shocked

Well done Silent. Keep up the standards. I'm sure you have a great future ahead of you. Wink

thanks,doug. and i especially want to thank my english teachers,who made all this possible. Grin

but i'm not the only one here. look at mr.bones,ivan,omag and all the other guys,whose mother language isn't english. they speak it at least as well as me,if not even better... Wink

et en ce qui concerne le francais:
c'est une langage très belle,n'es-ce pas? Grin

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Reply #18 - Dec 28^th, 2003 at 9:37am

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et en ce qui concerne le francais:
c'est une langage très belle,n'es-ce pas? Grin

Now you're just showing off. Tongue

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but i'm not the only one here. look at mr.bones,ivan,omag and all the other guys,whose mother language isn't english. they speak it at least as well as me,if not even better...

I know. It makes me feel so inadequate. Embarrassed

You might not know my old (young) friend Bonzonie. He hasn't been around for a while. Bonz is Japanese yet his English is immaculate. With your multi-lingual talents you youngsters have a great future ahead of you. IMHO

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Reply #19 - Dec 28^th, 2003 at 9:54am

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Now you're just showing off. Tongue

maybe...

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I know. It makes me feel so inadequate. Embarrassed

ah,come on. if you were talking to me,i'd understand just half of it....so you still got an advantage.
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You might not know my old (young) friend Bonzonie. He hasn't been around for a while. Bonz is Japanese yet his English is immaculate.

i wish mine was...still need to practice.
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With your multi-lingual talents you youngsters have a great future ahead of you. IMHO

we have no other choice. it's required by the modern society. without multilingualism (is that the right word?) ,you don't even have a chance to get very far in daily life.

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Reply #20 - Dec 28^th, 2003 at 10:08am

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i wish mine was...still need to practice.

From what I see you're doing just fine. Bonz always said that this forum & speaking to friends on the Internet helped a lot with his English. That surprises me a little as I see far too many mistakes made by those who have it as their first language. People like you tend to have a better command of spelling & grammar.

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we have no other choice. it's required by the modern society. without multilingualism (is that the right word?) ,you don't even have a chance to get very far in daily life.

Unfortunately this seems to be a one way street. I'm not sure too many English or American people of your age (or any age for that matter) could speak or write in fluent German or French. Heck, to be blunt, some of 'em can't even write fluently in their own language. Shocked

What makes me think you have the advantage? Roll Eyes

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Reply #21 - Dec 28^th, 2003 at 10:28am

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Unfortunately this seems to be a one way street. I'm not sure too many English or American people of your age (or any age for that matter) could speak or write in fluent German or French.

i think this has something to do with politics and the past... Roll Eyes

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Reply #22 - Dec 28^th, 2003 at 10:38am

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i think this has something to do with politics and the past... Roll Eyes

Nah. I can't speak for Americans but as a proud Englishman I admit that we've always been downright arrogant in this respect. No need to learn the language old boy. If "Johnny Foreigner" doesn't understand what you're saying just shout louder until he does. LOL Roll Eyes

Pitiful isn't it?

From my experiences at work it always impressed me when I rang anyone in Europe. Whatever language they spoke on answering the phone they would change to fluent English without any apparent problem when I apologised for not speaking their language. This applied from humble telephone operators right up to the boss.

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Reply #23 - Dec 28^th, 2003 at 11:03am

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if i think about it ,no reason comes to my mind,why americans or englishmen should learn a foreign language,when their native language is the world's most important one,because almost everyone speaks english ,no matter where you're going.

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