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You could convince your parents to learn english i suppose... I was serious about PG Wodehouse though; it'd do you good. You could also read Nish's book, it's sorta like PG Wodehouse, except it's got Indians instead of Brits.
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my father learns nothing at all.
my mother can speak "hello" through much difficulties.
it is a great success i think.
what about the PG Wodehouse??
i promise i have never heard about that.
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zhoujun wrote:
i promise i have never heard about that.
He's a famous British author, from back in the WW2 days, or thereabouts. Very nice writing style, kinda long-winded with really huge metaphors; supposedly great for learning English.
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Get a second TV.
..or get you parents hooked on the internet.
/Magnus
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zhoujun wrote:
i am considering having my own house!
Wouldn't your own TV be cheaper?
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Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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Hi zhoujun,
Read my book! It's sorta nice 
And you'll get a good start as far as the English language goes.
Nish
p.s. Shog has reviewed the book too! The review is still in pre-release I think!
Author of the romantic comedy
Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win]
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"Summer Love and Some More Cricket".
you write a book?what is it talking about?a love story?
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Nishant S wrote:
The review is still in pre-release I think!
Oh it is? I didn't know there was such a thing as a beta review. Apart from the hurredly finished ending, did it seem unfinished?
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Nishant S wrote:
Read my book! It's sorta nice
You mean Summer Love and Some more Cricket?
Well,If I wrote that book I named it Summer Love and Some more FOOTBALL. 
p.s: I can't buy it.We don't have online shopping in Iran. 
Mazy
"If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I’m alive and well, will you be
There holding my hand
I’ll keep you by my side with
My superhuman might
Kryptonite"Kryptonite-3 Doors Down
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I have 4 articles with 1 email address. 2 articles with another. Problem none of the email address work. I thought that the email address is automatically updated based on the user id. It looks like it is not happening that way. Just a minor problem as everyone who posts a comments on the articles gets a returned mail.
I have never wasted time worrying about such insignificant things. Keep your eye upon the donut and NOT upon the hole. - Bill Sergio about posting in the right forum. The Lounge - June 23, 2002
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If you have the time, put together a list of URLs of your articles and the email addresses you want to use. I recently did a full update of all articles to clean up things like this but some may have slipped through the cracks. I'm working on a way to make this automatic so that you can change all details from your profile.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
Rub your belly and pat your head simultaneously. Sometimes that helps me make sense of things - Jon Sagara
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I recently did a full update of all articles to clean up things like this
It hasnt worked for me. I don't get mail notifys for my old articles 
Nish
Author of the romantic comedy
Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win]
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What about a soapbox-like message board intended different local languages. Like German, Spanish, Portuguese, Indian, French*... seem to be the most common. (For fairness we would need one in every language)
Pro: you can banter away in the lang of your choice, and people that are not that fluid in English could also post their questions there. It would also be nice for internationals to "look into" different languages. Might be this even gives some investors certain boni (like advertizing localized versions or locale-specific products in the language areas)
Contra: The Lounge might loose a bit
I think it should run under "soapbox" policy since it would be to mouch to monitor and mod all the lang boards.
Comments?
* I'm not aware of many french people dwelling here, however they might be annoyed by being left out. Admittedly, if they are stereotypical french they will probably be annoyed by not being mentioned first
We are ugly but we have the music Leonhard Cohen [sighist]
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And it would stop all those foreigners from bothering use native English speakers..... 
Roger Allen
Sonork 100.10016
If I had a quote, it would be a very good one.
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what do you mean?
if you think foreigners are just bothering native speakers
,you will harm many foreigners who like to be here but whose english is not so fluent.
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Roger was only joking... I hope
We are ugly but we have the music Leonhard Cohen [sighist]
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I used the smiley to show what I was saying was suspect. CP being multi-national is one of its great strengths.
Roger Allen
Sonork 100.10016
If I had a quote, it would be a very good one.
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Roger Allen wrote:
CP being multi-national is one of its great strengths.
LOL Roger. That *was* ironic eh? You make a joke about non-englishers and a non-englisher takes it seriously
Author of the romantic comedy
Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win]
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complicated english!confused me often,particularly here.
when i took it seriously,it turned out to be a joke.
thanks Nish.
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zhoujun wrote:
thanks Nish.
Heheh. well being able to speak enhlish is often quite useful zhoujon. But then it's not a hard and fast requirement. I bet no englisher would ever ever ever understand a sentence in malayalam except maybe colin davies who's sorta different when it comes to languages!
Nish
Author of the romantic comedy
Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win]
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Nishant S wrote:
well being able to speak enhlish is often quite useful
Really? i'll have to give it a try some day...
----the menu made me do it. OfficeXP-like MENUS are FRABULIZING my BRAIN!!!----
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Shog9 wrote:
Really? i'll have to give it a try some day...
Me too! 
Best regards,
Alexandru Savescu
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Nishant S wrote:
except maybe colin davies who's sorta different
Yes I strive to be. 
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
More about me
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Most people who post here at CP when chatting in the lounge etc are not being very serious. I think we need a new icon Chris! A "Take me seriously" icon. How about a nice stern face?
Roger Allen
Sonork 100.10016
If I had a quote, it would be a very good one.
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