Apparently, you have taken something home with you from Ireland.
Yes, I'm sitting here with my feadóg, or tin flute, that I bought in Galway. I wanted to bring something home with me but I didn't want to be as touristy as some people, like some Canadians we met who'd bought slippers, hats and sweaters that had the Irish flag on them, or IRELAND written on them. I played the recorder when I was a kid, and as music is one of the best and most important things in life, I thought that an Irish flute would be appropriate.
I think Akoni is quite right about most Europeans trying to sound English when they speak English. At least many do. I don't see why one would aspire to speak like Her Majesty The Queen. Ridiculous!
Yes, I'm sitting here with my feadóg, or tin flute, that I bought in Galway. I wanted to bring something home with me but I didn't want to be as touristy as some people, like some Canadians we met who'd bought slippers, hats and sweaters that had the Irish flag on them, or IRELAND written on them. I played the recorder when I was a kid, and as music is one of the best and most important things in life, I thought that an Irish flute would be appropriate.
Are you playing it now? I can hear it as I think about it.
Anyway, I was referring to real souvenirs but to your using "me" instead of "my". It's a common usage in Ireland, too.
Walker wrote:
I think Akoni is quite right about most Europeans trying to sound English when they speak English. At least many do. I don't see why one would aspire to speak like Her Majesty The Queen. Ridiculous!
Why would one aspire to sound like George W. Bush? Just kidding...
Sounding like the Queen...aaargh! Oi've neva me' Europeans whou sahnded loik ve Queyne. Ve Queyne ('Er Majestay) sta'ed teh spake loik vat...moi 'usband an' oi o' ve loik. Shay's nou longa tawkin' posh...juss a way bi' _________________ Az alvástól megéhezem. Az evéstől elálmosodom. Az élet szép.
Are you playing it now? I can hear it as I think about it.
That's lovely! But no, well, I'm no master at it...
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Anyway, I was referring to real souvenirs but to your using "me" instead of "my". It's a common usage in Ireland, too.
I know you were! There are many wonderful things about their English.
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Why would one aspire to sound like George W. Bush? Just kidding...
Beats me! I wouldn't, anyway.
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Sounding like the Queen...aaargh! Oi've neva me' Europeans whou sahnded loik ve Queyne. Ve Queyne ('Er Majestay) sta'ed teh spake loik vat...moi 'usband an' oi o' ve loik. Shay's nou longa tawkin' posh...juss a way bi'
And honestly, Walker, even though I've seen your actual picture, you're always going to look like this guy to me:
Because I guess that's what I would get if I crossed Chuck Norris with a viking....
Well, I'm honored! I look like some blond long-haired viking hero dude leading an important quest! The Langcafé party must be thrown by the ocean because that's how I'm going to look when I arrive there.
Now why would you put a picture in your avatar that wasn't yours?
1. Because when the series (in which she played the main role) was on Hungarian TV, everyone kept telling me that she looked like me.
2. I don't have a photo in which there is only me. (I wouldn't put other people on the internet.) More precisely, I only have paper photos of myself, which weren't made by a digital camera, thus cannot be stored on the computer.
3. Even if I had such a photo, I wouldn't put it on my avatar for the same reason why I don't use my real name and I don't participate in Hungarian forums (i.e. don't write in my mother tongue on the internet).
PS: Uriel, you don't use your own photo, either. Or is the snake with the apple you? _________________ Az alvástól megéhezem. Az evéstől elálmosodom. Az élet szép.
Now why would you put a picture in your avatar that wasn't yours?
1. Because when the series (in which she played the main role) was on Hungarian TV, everyone kept telling me that she looked like me.
2. I don't have a photo in which there is only me. (I wouldn't put other people on the internet.) More precisely, I only have paper photos of myself, which weren't made by a digital camera, thus cannot be stored on the computer.
3. Even if I had such a photo, I wouldn't put it on my avatar for the same reason why I don't use my real name and I don't participate in Hungarian forums (i.e. don't write in my mother tongue on the internet).
PS: Uriel, you don't use your own photo, either. Or is the snake with the apple you?
In a manner of speaking, it is, since it's just a play on my real name. Which all the old Langcaffienos know already. And I used to use my real picture in my avatar until I got tired of it, so most of the long-timers know what I look like. (Some of us have even met in -- gasp! -- real life, which is always a treat.)
Thanks to the fact that my mother Just Will Not Leave The Camera Alone when I come visit her, I have a handful of digital pics of myself:
In a manner of speaking, it is, since it's just a play on my real name. Which all the old Langcaffienos know already. And I used to use my real picture in my avatar until I got tired of it, so most of the long-timers know what I look like. (Some of us have even met in -- gasp! -- real life, which is always a treat.)
Thanks to the fact that my mother Just Will Not Leave The Camera Alone when I come visit her, I have a handful of digital pics of myself:
My name is almost my real name, too, but it's not what you would normally expect from "Liz" (i.e. I'm not Elizabeth or Erzsébet - the Hungarian version of Elizabeth). No-one can pronounce my original name properly apart from Hungarians and Italians. (I have an Italian name which is quite popular in Hungary but not one of the most common names.) Besides, in Germany everyone tends to misunderstand it and ask "Whaaaaat? Your name is a colour?" several times. Because they can't pronounce double consonants.
PS: It's a very nice picture of you. You look like my roommate without your head! And I envy you - it must have been a delight to meet in real life. (I've never met anyone in real life here - surprise, surprise .) Whom have you met? (I know that you met Deborah, but who else?)
Deborah wrote:
Right. And in case you haven't figured it out, Liz, Uriel's real name is Original Sin.
Nice name. Shall I call her Original or Sin? _________________ Az alvástól megéhezem. Az evéstől elálmosodom. Az élet szép.
Right. And in case you haven't figured it out, Liz, Uriel's real name is Original Sin.
No forbidden fruit here; eat all you want. And bring your own snake. (It's Eden, actually. Original Sin is my middle name.)
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I recall Uriel calling it a good "boob shot" or something like that -- which it is -- the first time she'd posted it.
Well, Yann did say I had a nice rack -- just where did that boy pick up his English?
If I recall correctly, Liz, its mainly us Americans who have had the good fortune (and opportunity) to meet in person -- Deborah dropped by and had dinner with me during a cross-country trip that took her through Las Cruces; she later met up with Kirk (another oldtimer who sadly no longer posts here) when he moved to San Francisco; and Julian and Elaine have crossed paths, since they are both in Los Angeles. I don't think the rest of our far-flung group have ever had the opportunity, although once in a while we have posters who are friends or relatives of each other. _________________ An apple a day....
No forbidden fruit here; eat all you want. And bring your own snake. (It's Eden, actually. Original Sin is my middle name.)
Good names for an atheist! Then if you have a garden, it's called the Garden of Eden.
Uriel wrote:
If I recall correctly, Liz, its mainly us Americans who have had the good fortune (and opportunity) to meet in person -- Deborah dropped by and had dinner with me during a cross-country trip that took her through Las Cruces; she later met up with Kirk (another oldtimer who sadly no longer posts here) when he moved to San Francisco; and Julian and Elaine have crossed paths, since they are both in Los Angeles.
I know Kirk...but he isn't around anymore. What is he doing now?
Uriel wrote:
I don't think the rest of our far-flung group have ever had the opportunity, although once in a while we have posters who are friends or relatives of each other.
_________________ Az alvástól megéhezem. Az evéstől elálmosodom. Az élet szép.
Good names for an atheist! Then if you have a garden, it's called the Garden of Eden.
Ironic, isn't it? My parents aren't particularly religious either -- my dad got it off a building, actually. But I remember being cornered by some missionaries on campus one day and fending them off by telling them I was an atheist (politely, of course), but when one of them asked me my name, I was like Oh, shit....
I think lately my garden is called "Dying of Thirst" since I've been too busy to water it!
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I know Kirk...but he isn't around anymore. What is he doing now?
Last we heard, he had gotten a job (in San Francisco, I think) with some company, and then he disappeared off the map. Men are so fickle.... _________________ An apple a day....
There were actually 3 (2 western and 1 neutral-formerly-known-as-midland)but the program that looks at the cities only reads the 2 western. I enlarged the rectangle around the city but it's still not big enough to read the third.
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Which all the old Langcaffienos know already. And I used to use my real picture in my avatar until I got tired of it, so most of the long-timers know what I look like. (Some of us have even met in -- gasp! -- real life, which is always a treat.)
Nice name. Shall I call her Original or Sin?
