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Post by unomusette on Feb 16, 2016 19:29:17 GMT
Wow, I can't believe Russian is easier, it has a totally different alphabet for a start. You don't go for the easy option do you? I'm impressed  |
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Post by sparky123 on Feb 16, 2016 19:51:25 GMT
I do like a challenge! I did find it to be the easiest language to learn, well easy compared to other languages I tried. However, when I was in Russia, I got some strange looks when I tried to speak to people and arguing with a rip-off taxi driver was beyond my capabilities.
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Post by Helmut83 on Feb 16, 2016 20:31:13 GMT
Learning Russian would be worthy if only for picking up Russian girls. sparky123, don't tell me you are Welsh as well! |
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Post by sparky123 on Feb 16, 2016 20:48:26 GMT
Learning Russian would be worthy if only for picking up Russian girls. sparky123 , don't tell me you are Welsh as well! I'm Australian  |
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Post by unomusette on Feb 16, 2016 21:32:42 GMT
It's a rite of passage to learn a language and then be faced by native speakers wearing bemused faces as you try it out on them.
I've been learning French for more than 10 years and it still happens to me every time I visit the country, sigh.
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Post by Helmut83 on Feb 16, 2016 21:35:29 GMT
It's a rite of passage to learn a language and then be faced by native speakers wearing bemused faces as you try it out on them. I've been learning French for more than 10 years and it still happens to me every time I visit the country, sigh. Don't worry, I'll experience it first hand in a couple of months. Hope you are merciful with me in that aspect. |
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Post by Helmut83 on Feb 16, 2016 21:38:22 GMT
I'm Australian Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, oi, oi! Well, at last someone who lives further than me!  |
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Post by Horacewimp on Feb 16, 2016 21:42:40 GMT
It's a rite of passage to learn a language and then be faced by native speakers wearing bemused faces as you try it out on them. I've been learning French for more than 10 years and it still happens to me every time I visit the country, sigh. Don't worry, I'll experience it first hand in a couple of months. Hope you are merciful with me in that aspect. Your written English is better than mine, just bring a pad of paper with you to communicate |
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Post by unomusette on Feb 16, 2016 21:44:34 GMT
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Post by Helmut83 on Feb 16, 2016 21:47:29 GMT
Hahaha... laugh, but you'll realize my spoken English isn't half as good as my written English. You don't have as much time to think while speaking, plus there's also my pronnounciation...
Better than a pad of paper, would you guys mind if when we go out for a drink I communicate with you by sending you forum private messages through my cell phone?
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Post by Helmut83 on Feb 16, 2016 21:48:10 GMT
BTW, where in Australia, sparky123? My sister lived in Melbourne. |
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Post by sparky123 on Feb 17, 2016 7:12:39 GMT
BTW, where in Australia, sparky123? My sister lived in Melbourne. I am from Western Australia, a town 175km from Perth. I live in the UK now, I have done for many years and even have an authentic English accent, and I can almost speak fluent Geordie (regional dialect). Don't worry about your pronunciation I find people are quite patient and helpful if they are not sure they understand you or you them. You will find different regions pronounce the same words different ways, so even we can struggle to understand what someone in another city is saying. On a visit to Birmingham, I had to ask for directions, it took a few goes before I understood him. How they pronounce south is like nothing I had ever heard. You'll be fine. |
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Post by Helmut83 on Feb 17, 2016 17:00:30 GMT
Yeah, I know. You've got to be a dick to get annoyed at some foreign person's pronunciation. I'm just warning the guys that they'll have to be patient both when speaking and when listening.
So where do you like better living? Your hometown in Australia or whereveryou are now in the UK?
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Post by vlogdance on Feb 17, 2016 17:19:42 GMT
Great pics, Helmut83 bach. I like the Nain Maggie tea room. (That's Granny Maggie in English.. was she an early settler?) My lodgers enjoyed them too (any excuse to use the brilliant new cactus smiley. Thanks, Horace!)  |
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Post by Helmut83 on Feb 17, 2016 17:48:50 GMT
So Nain means Granny? Good to know. I don't know if Nain Maggie was an early settler, probably yes, I should ask my parents about it. I'm not sure if they had tea there, but no visit to Trevelin (or Drefelin ) is officially complete if you don't have tea at one of those Welsh tea houses so they must have stopped somewhere for that. |
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, but we're OK. 
Apparently it's quite hard to see them with the naked eye, you need to be looking through a camera or other type of lens?