Welcome to new "members"

[cgc0202]

Wow, I was away for about a month, and it looks like I have landed into a new country. So many new faces, and some of the veteran faces transformed.

And, it looks like the forum is more active than ever.

Welcome to all those who I have not had a chance to meet yet, through exchanges in our postings.

cgc0202

[Simon Gooffin]

yeah, last time when we saw you here there was about 700 members as I remember. now we have twice more. of course some of them are not active, but we do have really active guys who try to help each other ;)
thanks guys

[cgc0202]

You are the force behind all this dynamism Simon.

As I stated in another post, you were the main reason why I chucked the other Links Directory that looked nice, and I have been working on -- but I did not get much support in their forum.

Since you may not be following other sites with all your workloads, vkaryl was one of the moderators in the other links directory site that I have considered.

It's a feather in your cap***.

cgc0202

Note:

***Edited to correct the idiomatic expression (see echopulse post below who was kind enough to share the proper statement.)

[Simon Gooffin]

thanks, I did try to create a community
and it seems we even have it here :D sure thanks to everyone

[echopulse]

That would be a feather in your cap. :)

[cgc0202]

That would be a feather in your cap. :)

Thanks echopulse.

It shows that I did not grow up in America. I have not fully imbibed its essence reflected in the nuances of its idiomatic expressions.

cgc0202

[echopulse]

You were close though! 8)

[kickass]

I have not fully imbibed its essence reflected in the nuances of its idiomatic expressions.

Geez, ya sure ain't talkin' like a yank, that's fer DAMN sure, betcha!

*even got "its" right, definitely not a normal American . . . though I would have gotten it right too . . . but then, I'm probably the only person born in the US who threw out my TV.*

[vkaryl]

Hmph. I WOULD throw out the tv if my husband wouldn't have heart-failure thereupon! I NEVER screw up "its" and "it's", either, btw.... or any of the rest of the grammar and spelling sillinesses of American English....

[cgc0202]

Oh my English and grammar are quite awful actually. It's more unusual that I wouldn't have a mistake in any one of my posts. And, I am terrible with prepositions, I never know sometimes the proper one to use.


That's why my posts are quite long most of the time, I have not learned yet how to express myself with brevity. I ramble a lot. I have been reprimanded in another forum for that.

My point is, if you do not like it -- why even read it? Just move on. Or, in some forums, block the person so that you will not see his/her posting.

cgc0202

Some unusual spellings I have seen though:

I have never read of "lightening" before -- to describe what comes before you hear the thunder? I should lighten up though, since I am a bad speller myself. But, when I was new here, I had a bet with one of my professors that "separate" is correct and not "seperate". He finally agreed after we verified it with a dictionary.

I never got my free dinner in a good restaurant in Baltimore though.

[vkaryl]

Well, phooey on your professor then! Yes, I have seen "lightening" used for "lightning" - but they are two very different things. "Lightning" as you rightly state is that electrical strike that in essence causes thunder. "Lightening" is when something "lightens" - as a "lightening" of a dark day or some such. It's not a "bad" word, in the first case, just a "wrong usage".

Anyway, not to worry about your English. Yours is much easier to read than a lot around!

[Simon Gooffin]

Anyway, not to worry about your English. Yours is much easier to read than a lot around!
I completely agree with you :))
I could not understand this phrase at all :lol:
Geez, ya sure ain't talkin' like a yank, that's fer DAMN sure, betcha!

[vkaryl]

S'okay, Simon, kickass is currently "from" New Jersey. It's a whole other world....

In fact, you'd have to wait for a translation - I have only a vague idea myself....

[cgc0202]

Ok, I know Simon might just be joking but I'll bite.

In defense of kickass:


Geez, ya sure ain't talkin' like a yank, that's fer DAMN sure, betcha!


What he said was perfectly clear to anyone who lived in the Northeast (otherwise known as Yankee territory to anyone South of the Mason-Dixie)

Translation:

"Geez, you sure are not talking like a Yank. that is for DAMn sure. I bet you!"

or in more polite circles:

"Geez, you do not talk like a Yank, that is for sure!"

While it might have sounded like an insult, especially when perceived by a foreigner who is not familiar with the local dialect, it was more or less a compliment, I think (??), especially when one takes into context the "addendum" to the aforementioned statement -- read kickass's complete response above.

cgc0202

[kickass]

What he said was perfectly clear

Umm . . . what who said? There is only one individual suffering from testosterone poisoning in this household and only in limited amounts since his operation. That's my cat.

it was more or less a compliment, I think (??)
Yup.

Mason-Dixie

That's Mason-Dixon, which roughly corresponds to the northern border of Maryland.

And vkaryl, I do NOT live in NJ, though it is my home state. I'm in PA, though barely. I'm only ten blocks from the state line.

[vkaryl]

I didn't say you live there, I said you're "from" there. Which you are.... I don't generally post where people live even if I know (which in your case I do), simply because it's up to them to say - some people don't want to....

[Simon Gooffin]

:twisted:
we should have created a support forums for linguistics, psychology and geography :)