The Hangout: Panda doesn't T$#@^! *Mikey dies a slow painful death*

[Evans]

We'll be right back after these massages.

/in walks Borly

[Elin]

But their alphabet is crazy!

I suppose, but the languages are totally different. Like, I know Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and French are similar (all being derived from Late Latin, I think they're called Romance languages, but I don't know this too much), much like English and German. It is a big step when you tackle one that has different roots.

Pshaw, it's not as bad as people say. I guess there's twice the amount of characters, being that there's two kana alphabets, but you can still learn them in a week if you're smart (I'm not. I took about three. ). And then...there's two thousand Chinese derived characters. ; But that's really... It's not quite like an alphabet. It's not something you need to learn right away, but more just something you build up as you progress with the language, like a vocabulary. It's not even really hard, just time consuming. I was really afraid at first, but I've learned over a thousand without even really thinking about it... You just pick them up without realising.

Yeah, I guess. I think the biggest problem for me that arises from the non-romance-language-yness has just been that I can't guess my way into a good vocabulary like I can with French. Odd grammar I can handle. Once you've got your head around it, it's really just a different way of approaching the same things. But I miss being able to take a good guess at what any given word in the language is based solely on my knowledge of English. Of course French has its share of faux amis, but it's still a big advantage.

I don't know, though. These seem to be barriers in the way of absolute fluency, rather than base communication. Japanese might be a harder language to master completely than a romance language, but I don't think it's any harder to communicate with at a standard level. Hence my admiration; you all do that so much better than me. I get muddled just writing a simple 'hello' email.

'Je sais' and 'je connais' both mean 'I know', but the latter would be the correct one. Use 'savoir' when you mean 'to know a fact/how to do something', and 'connaître' when you mean 'to know someone' or that you are familiar with something/someone.

Aha. I knew connaitre (Yes yes, it has a funny accent on the 'I'. But I'm tired, and I forget the shortcut. ) was used for places and people, but never exactly knew the reason. Thanks for explaining it. That makes much more sense~

Oh, and it's "de la même". No worries about this one, though, since De/Du/Des/etc can be a pain to get.

Ahaha, I see. I know, they're awful. I did everything I could to teach myself the right situations to use them in last year, and eventually got it. Unfortunately I promptly forgot it all again as soon as the exams were over. ;

I really should be working harder at French... It seems like such a waste not to, as I've done most of the foundation work. All that really remains is to tighten my grammar and learn like...a whole language's worth of words. Which sounds like a lot. And it is. But you know...comparatively speaking it's not so bad. Being that getting started with any language tends to be the hardest thing.

Sorry for the corrections, but it's how we learn.

No no. Like you say, it's how we learn. Please do correct. As long as you're not too mean about it, I don't mind. ^__^; And I trust you not to be too mean~

[Elin]

(Snip snip it's Mr. Scissors!)

A wall of text? In my hangout?

...

Sorry. ;

[Elmdor Rizer]

Which kind of football?

The kind West Ham doesn't know how to play. You know, the good kind. Ha Ha!

I think it's safe to say I would make the world's greatest pundit.

[Evans]

"After you're done with that cyst, I got another "growth" you ladies can help me with".

And she'd say "We'll worry about that if it ever gets any bigger."

[_M_]

Which kind of football?

The only kind.

[Panda Man]

A wall of text? In my hangout?

...

Sorry. ;

You gonna get raped.

[Elin]

Wanna be my sidekick?

That depends. Can I choose my own costume?

You really don't want me choosing my own costume.

[Raype]

And she'd say "We'll worry about that if it ever gets any bigger."

And then you respond "it gets bigger if you move it around. Try it".

[Panda Man]

That depends. Can I choose my own costume?

You really don't want me choosing my own costume.

It can't be gayer than robin. And a cape is a must. An evil looking cape.

[Elmdor Rizer]

The only kind.

Indeed.

I mean, football was invented, like, 2000 years before that other sport. Back in ancient China.

Know what else originated from ancient China? RYAN GIGGS.

...I should join some kind of sports forum.

[Raype]

That depends. Can I choose my own costume?

You really don't want me choosing my own costume.

It'd be frilly and pink, right?

[_M_]

Indeed.

I mean, football was invented, like, 2000 years before that other sport. Back in ancient China.

Know what else originated from ancient China? RYAN GIGGS.

...I should join some kind of sports forum.

I'm sorry what I meant to say is the best kind.

[Elin]

Know what else originated from ancient China? RYAN GIGGS.

You're my hero.

[Elmdor Rizer]

I'm sorry what I meant to say is the best kind.

World's biggest sport vs not the world's biggest sport.

Not to be confused with the world's oldest man, Ry.. well, yeah.