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[Big Bad]

I grew up in a tiny town in the midwestern US with basically 0 immigrants, so I only speak English. took some Spanish in
school but not enough to be fluent.

[Rifneno]

Big Bad wrote...

I grew up in a tiny town in the midwestern US with basically 0 immigrants, so I only speak English. took some Spanish in
school but not enough to be fluent.

Ditto.  Only English here too.  You're not alone.    Always wanted to learn another language, but I could never decide which one.  And I'm vehemently opposed to Spanish for reasons I won't (and depending upon a moderator's viewpoint, can't) get into here.

[SS2Dante]

Rifneno wrote...

SS2Dante wrote...

Again, you are applying our standards as universal. Reapers do not see us as intelligent, or feeling, or life worth preserving. They see us as we see insects. You are assuming Reapers see humans the way we see ourselves.

Uhh, sentient or not isn't a perspective thing.  Either something is capable of thought and feeling or it's not.  And the Reapers clearly do know organics are sentient.

It does get iffy. The cutoff line for sentience is...well, impossible to define. i just mean in terms of complexity and intelligence (or at least thought processing, spee of thinking etc) Reapers are undeniably much greater than us. Hence the idea that they see us as some incredibly basic, primitive being.

[UrgedDuke]

I can speak very bad German if that counts for anything. Wer kommt aus Deutschland?

[Big G13]

Big Bad wrote...

I grew up in a tiny town in the midwestern US with basically 0 immigrants, so I only speak English. took some Spanish in
school but not enough to be fluent.

Me too. Lets hear it for farm country.

[Ytook]

Sammuthegreat wrote...

I really wouldn't agree with that. Obviously it depends on the school, but compared to a lot of other European countries (e.g. Spain, where I am at the moment) the standard of teaching is extremely high. The trouble is to speak a language properly you need exposure to as many native speakers as possible (preferably in the country of origin) and there simply aren't enough teachers available. Probably because the standard of English in countries whose languages are commonly taught in English schools (French, Spanish) is often appalling.

Where in England are you from by the way? I'm from Surrey, so everyone understands me. Even if they all think I'm posh.

I'd agree education is good, but language education I very poor, maybe that's coloured by the fact that half of my family is from Denmark and language education is extremely good in Scandinavia and northern Europe (my Danish cousins could speak Danish, English and French fluently by age 12 and that's the norm).

I'm from Newcastle, though I don't have much of a geordie accent, everyone up north thinks I'm posh and everyone in Canterburry (where I'm at university) thinks I'm common (jokingly of course).

[estebanus]

UrgedDuke wrote...

I can speak very bad German if that counts for anything. Wer kommt aus Deutschland?

Ich!

[waldstr18]

jah, gruess gott.

[MaximizedAction]

[quote]UrgedDuke wrote...

I can speak very bad German if that counts for anything. Wer kommt aus Deutschland?[/quote]

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hier!

[UrgedDuke]

ehrfuerchtige!!! looks like high school wasn't a complete waste of my time

[estebanus]

Ytook wrote...

Sammuthegreat wrote...

I really wouldn't agree with that. Obviously it depends on the school, but compared to a lot of other European countries (e.g. Spain, where I am at the moment) the standard of teaching is extremely high. The trouble is to speak a language properly you need exposure to as many native speakers as possible (preferably in the country of origin) and there simply aren't enough teachers available. Probably because the standard of English in countries whose languages are commonly taught in English schools (French, Spanish) is often appalling.

Where in England are you from by the way? I'm from Surrey, so everyone understands me. Even if they all think I'm posh.

I'd agree education is good, but language education I very poor, maybe that's coloured by the fact that half of my family is from Denmark and language education is extremely good in Scandinavia and northern Europe (my Danish cousins could speak Danish, English and French fluently by age 12 and that's the norm).

I'm from Newcastle, though I don't have much of a geordie accent, everyone up north thinks I'm posh and everyone in Canterburry (where I'm at university) thinks I'm common (jokingly of course).

You know, the language norm in the danish schools in northern Germany is actually 2: danish and German.
English is there too, of course, and also french or Latin if you choose it as a class.

[estebanus]

waldstr18 wrote...

jah, gruess gott.

*Ja
*grüß
*Gott

[lex0r11]

UrgedDuke wrote...

ehrfuerchtige!!! looks like high school wasn't a complete waste of my time

lulz, ehrfuerchtige? :happy:

I'm off for now, behave people.

[estebanus]

lex0r11 wrote...

UrgedDuke wrote...

ehrfuerchtige!!! looks like high school wasn't a complete waste of my time

lulz, ehrfuerchtige? :happy:

I'm off for now, behave people.

Those eyes... They freak me out, man!

[UrgedDuke]

estebanus wrote...

waldstr18 wrote...

jah, gruess gott.

*Ja
*grüß
*Gott

how do you guys use umlauts and ezett

[estebanus]

UrgedDuke wrote...

estebanus wrote...

waldstr18 wrote...

jah, gruess gott.

*Ja
*grüß
*Gott

how do you guys use umlauts and ezett

German keybord.

[Earthborn_Shepard]

estebanus wrote...

waldstr18 wrote...

jah, gruess gott.

*Ja
*grüß
*Gott

oh god, the grammar n*zis are invading

[UrgedDuke]

lex0r11 wrote...

UrgedDuke wrote...

ehrfuerchtige!!! looks like high school wasn't a complete waste of my time

lulz, ehrfuerchtige? :happy:

I'm off for now, behave people.

*snip*

ehrfuerchtige is awesome i think but i dont have umlaut

Modifié par UrgedDuke, 19 avril 2012 - 04:32 .

[estebanus]

Earthborn_Shepard wrote...

estebanus wrote...

waldstr18 wrote...

jah, gruess gott.

*Ja
*grüß
*Gott

oh god, the grammar n*zis are invading

Lol, don't worry, I was only doing it for fun!

[waldstr18]

if you have us keyboard like me, but are using windows, you could always just type in in the ascii codes.

for getting ue, ae , oe - that is.

Modifié par waldstr18, 19 avril 2012 - 04:33 .

[Rosewind]

I am Australian right and my friends wife is a polish immigrant and we talking about the education system one day and she was telling me how surprised she was when she found out how far behind students are education wise here, she was saying that the stuff we learn in 11 and 12 they learn in 7 and 8 equivalent.

[Sammuthegreat]

Ytook wrote...

Sammuthegreat wrote...

I really wouldn't agree with that. Obviously it depends on the school, but compared to a lot of other European countries (e.g. Spain, where I am at the moment) the standard of teaching is extremely high. The trouble is to speak a language properly you need exposure to as many native speakers as possible (preferably in the country of origin) and there simply aren't enough teachers available. Probably because the standard of English in countries whose languages are commonly taught in English schools (French, Spanish) is often appalling.

Where in England are you from by the way? I'm from Surrey, so everyone understands me. Even if they all think I'm posh.

I'd agree education is good, but language education I very poor, maybe that's coloured by the fact that half of my family is from Denmark and language education is extremely good in Scandinavia and northern Europe (my Danish cousins could speak Danish, English and French fluently by age 12 and that's the norm).

I'm from Newcastle, though I don't have much of a geordie accent, everyone up north thinks I'm posh and everyone in Canterburry (where I'm at university) thinks I'm common (jokingly of course).

To be honest most public services are excellent in Scandinavia as far as I'm aware, comes with high taxes. In Scandinavia somehow high taxes also mean high life enjoyment, something the English government haven't quite figured out how to provide yet.

I went to uni in Manchester, so predictably enough my Surrey accent was mocked for poshness. Lived with a guy from Washington though - is that Newcastle or Sunderland? Because he vehemently claimed it was Sunderland and got pleasingly offended when we used to call him Geordie instead of Mackem 

[UrgedDuke]

waldstr18 wrote...

if you have us keyboard like me, but are using windows, you could always just type in in the ascii codes.

for getting ue, ae , oe - that is.

or add e for umlaut and replace eszett with ss

[Earthborn_Shepard]

So I play some Skyrim and what do I see?

imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/goddammit.jpg/


now that's just great.

Modifié par Earthborn_Shepard, 19 avril 2012 - 04:39 .

[Sammuthegreat]

Earthborn_Shepard wrote...

So I play some Skyrim and what do I see?

imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/goddammit.jpg/


now that's just great.

Oh how I chuckled  So Skyrim's ruined for me now too! Great, BioWare. Just great.