Re: The vent thread

by **corleth** Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:34 pm

winter can go die

i wanna wear shorts again

by **Rmuffn** Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:24 pm

Corleth wrote:winter can go die

i wanna wear shorts again

Amen

by **Antistia** Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:03 pm

Corleth wrote:winter can go die

i wanna wear shorts again

HEAR HEAR

by **Shaelyssa** Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:29 pm

Pff I'm glad for this opportunity to wear pants

Even in Kuwait during the winter, it's not cold enough for pants Sad

pant weather in Kuwait only lasts like a week

by **Lyniath** Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:17 pm

SHAAAEE!!!
Did you actually go down the royal mile today?cos I was being attacked by oxfam voluteers

by **Shaelyssa** Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:20 pm

LOL ya :p ... or well, I think it's the royal mile anyways? It's the road st. giles cathedral is on so ... yes yes the royal mile!!! this unicef guy came running towards me

"EXCUSE ME SIR I HEARD YOU TALKING EARLIER ARE YOU AMERICAN I JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY"

"uuuh sorry Im kuwaiti"

"yoh WO'???"

by **Lyniath** Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:24 pm

GODAMN IT.
We were on the same street at the same time?
That's annoying! I even snuck out in all my girl clothes Surprised

by **Shaelyssa** Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:26 pm

Lyniath wrote:GODAMN IT.
We were on the same street at the same time?
That's annoying! I even snuck out in all my girl clothes :o

... seriously?!?!? I didnt see you though :o there weren't THAT many people out when I was? I went down to holyrood at like 9am then I was up at the castle by 12pm and back at holyrood at like 1pm ... I was in the cathedral and castle and palace so that's probably why we didnt see each other maybe :s

by **Lyniath** Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:31 pm

Oh, I thought you went out at about 3 cos I said I was goon out after shower and then you disappeared from skype.
At 12 I was in an exam Sad

by **Aldric Essalus Helmfrid** Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:41 pm

So glad I'm giving up healing after my four year run as a Holy Paladin. Trying to farm protection off-spec gear and I just finished one of the new heroic dungeons with a tank that had quest green/blue items. Seriously, if you want to roll a healer at end-game make sure you couldn't give a shit what other people think or you'll be in for a hell of a ride.

by **Ave/Sariella** Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:47 pm

Ah gotta love that, experienced it sooooo often..

by **Drustai** Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:52 pm

Helmfrid wrote:So glad I'm giving up healing after my four year run as a Holy Paladin. Trying to farm protection off-spec gear and I just finished one of the new heroic dungeons with a tank that had quest green/blue items. Seriously, if you want to roll a healer at end-game make sure you couldn't give a shit what other people think or you'll be in for a hell of a ride.

People ask me why I always try to set up groups of friends instead of pugging. The above is why.

by **Aldric Essalus Helmfrid** Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:03 pm

In the end the tank had a dot, ran to me so its AoE effect damaged me and I died. He then waited around for ages making me think he was going to res and then just left. Suffice to say i ignored them all.

by **Seranita** Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:01 pm

rofl thats unlucky I normaly get compliments on my healing.. something to do with going holy and not discapline like the sheep.. Then again i do every so often get why go holy.. holy shit you shit Kick kick kick Razz

I just ignore em and if a tank takes loads of damage and is in greens/blues I normaly to light hearted jokes about sweating and chering nails so on and so fourth usualty takes the heat of me if we wipe..

by **Drustai** Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:15 am

Long distance relationships can be so difficult. Sad

by **Antistia** Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:25 am

People nagging at me because I offer them A but they want to take B and C too. Fuck them. I offer them a finger yet they insist on trying to take my whole hand.

by **Eowale** Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:33 am

Drustai wrote:Long distance relationships can be so difficult.

I feel your pain.

by **Lavian** Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:44 pm

Drustai wrote:Long distance relationships can be so difficult.

I feel your pain, why I am moving to Norway to be with Lilath.

Which vents me onto something further..

Fucking second languages, how do they work?

Though if anyone has any advice to speed up the progression of learning new languages I am all up for it.

by Guest Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:56 pm

If you speak english to norweigans, have them translate it for you to repeat, before they answer you. Especially in your day-to-day life with Lilath.
Worry about pronouncation and vocabulary first, grammar last.

by **Antistia** Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:02 pm

Don't know if it's any help, but I taught myself English by watching English spoken movies (and series) with Dutch subtitles. Maybe watching Norwegian spoken movies (and series) with English subtitles, if possible, might be a good idea.

by **Lavian** Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:04 pm

I've been stressing over grammar I admit while learning this.

The way I have been doing it is having sessions with Lilath everyday where she would teach me new words I would learn upon its pronounciation and vocab but I have started to pick up on it to the point I am starting to slowly try and translate norwegian websites like the bergen news sites as I way to try improve myself.

I'm pretty bad when it comes to thinking up the best educational methods.

Grammar admitedly fucks with my mind sometimes.

I will stick to that idea though, granted my last trip to Norway back in October I didn't have any problem with the people as English is something they are good at anyway, but I am seeing Norwegian as a top priority to be as fluent as possible quick enough due to the obvious reasons and respects towards Norwegians! (Why do you guys got to have such a history with dialects? ;_; )

EDIT: @ Ant.

Could be something to consider. Might help me pick up on the pace of how they speak as they are pretty fast in terms of vocals. How long did it take you to become fluent in English?

by **Muzjhath** Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:06 pm

Eira, watch tons of norweigan TV without subs. I stress the without subs. (Okay, you can have subs for like a month but more will hinder rather than help).
To find movies or so eaily in norweigan basicly any kids movie works.

As for a vent.

What the fuck is going on in Malmö right now.
Up towards ten people has to have been shot now December - Januari. And the night to today someone blew a bomb up next to a policestation which caused some damage.
What the fuck... Fucking organized crime. Arg!

by **Drustai** Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:11 pm

I've never been good with languages. I've tried Spanish, Japanese, French, and American Sign Language. Dropped out of the last 3, barely managed to finish my Spanish courses. I'm dreading the fact that I need to learn Swedish for my move.

I've got so many other things to worry about, that language on top of that is just... blegh.

by **Thelos** Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:16 pm

I found the best way to learn a language is not to learn it.

That may sound like the most zen shit ever but it's really common sense. No matter how intelligent you are, you will never properly learn a language untill you are forced to use said language in order to get by. This is why my uncle with no higher education whatsoever can speak and read better German than I can simply by having lived in München for over a year. Hell, this is why there is a massive discrepancy between my speaking skills in English and my writing abilities. I've been forced to write in English to communicate over the internet, but always trough text, never trough speech, so if any of you would ever meet me in reality you might be horrified by my überthick accent.

So yeah. Dont worry too much about that, it'll solve itself.

Promise.

by **Antistia** Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:19 pm

Could be something to consider. Might help me pick up on the pace of how they speak as they are pretty fast in terms of vocals. How long did it take you to become fluent in English?

I think I was pretty fluent by age 8-10, started doing it at age 6-7 at the latest, I think (probably from the moment I was capable of reading). Maybe these years are off by one or two. My vocabulary wasn't the same as it is now, mind you, but the grammar had been established along with most day to day words. I think I remember meeting an American at age 9/10 and being able to talk to him without any problems at all, so yeah, it went pretty rapidly I think, but I have to add that I have a thing for languages.

The ages might also be a bit off, but not by much. I can assure you however, that I started learning English in school at age 8-9 and never had any problems with it whatsoever. So the ages aren't far off.

Having said that, I think my spelling came from gaming, but I can't be sure where I picked that up.

Learning a new language takes time though, so you need to be patient.

Also, you might want to use post its. It's going to look very silly but I think it might work. Write both the Norwegian word and the English word on the post it you place on the object. Then every time you use the object, say the fridge, you read it. It's probably an easy way to learn the words for a lot of household items.

Edit: Thelos has perhaps the best point, but I think it can be helped by trying to learn and asking which word you need to use for it. I did that in France this summer (and my French is absolutely horrible) and I noticed my capability to speak French improve daily. Note though that I was not a blank slate, I had already had French classes for 3 years (though my last class was also 3 years in the past). But he's right. You're going to learn it simply because you have to.

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