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In lugnet.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
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> Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:FrwnoL.Fyu@lugnet.com...
> > (1) what can I do, my posts start out as speech at first. I don't know if
> > it's
> > just me, but I tend to think in english in a certain way... probably
> > because
> > I'm an ESLer (2). I sort of "talk" first and then "listen" to myself when
> > posting on lugnet, because I can't think of too many things in english at
> > once... ;-)
> >
> > (2) You'll notice I sometimes write in different style than americans, or
> > say
> > weird things. I also put way too many dashes in my sentences, so my
> > english
> > teacher says... That's because I just moved to the US this september.
>
> Shiri, you just moved this Sept.? You are amazing! Your English is very
> very good.
Well, I did live here when I was 3-6. So it's not like it's all new to me.
Still rough at times, though.
> You think ... that 's more than many people do ...
I'll quote my math teacher on his favorite line:
"Thinking is *HARD*!"
> and you can
> think in 2 languages(&compute in 2 languages). You know technical as well
> as common usage words.
But thinking in two languages is so much harder than thinking in one. You have
to think twice as much! :-)
Also, when I came to the US I had a really tough time. I failed the math
honors test just because I didn't know the terminology - heck, I didn't know
what a hypotenuse was! (I knew what it WAS, just not by that name; thus I
failed to understand the question as a whole). I was stuck in classes where
all the material was review to me, both in math, physics and chem (yes I take
both physics and chem which made it even harder - although I understood the
material and was even bored by it, I couldn't keep up with the amounts of work
given.)
> Your grammar is probably better than mine.
I wouldn't bet on it ;-)
> Everyone
> writes in a different style. Uniformity is boring.
Now, I wish my teacher would believe that! (j/k :-)
> I enjoy all your posts
> and your webpage is so creative and fun.
Thanks!
> I have trouble just figuring out
> how to find the strand to post to and in fact this is even the exact one I
> was looking for to respond to, but it will do. My very first post was to
> belville. It went out 4 times. You were so sweet. Your response was "what
> happened here?" not who is this idiot (which was the way I felt).
Aw, c'mon... you're no idiot!
By the way, I don't know how you read lugnet but you might find it easier to
use the web interface; or maybe you might prefer the NNTP, or mail
subscription. It's all personal prefrences, I guess.
> It helped
> make me feel I could pick myself and just keep bumbling/stumbling along.
> Don't be hard on yourself... Yes, you fit at lugnet and you make newbies
> like me feel welcome here too.
Thanks! I'm always glad to help... it's nice to feel needed :-)
-Shiri
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