[OT]Where are you from? (visit everyone, please!)

Post by **drcode** » Thu May 15, 2003 10:15 am

Colourless: Then where is the Emerald City?:-)

cheshire · Post by **cheshire** » Thu May 15, 2003 7:46 pm

Somewhere in Tasmania?

0sS · Post by **0sS** » Fri May 16, 2003 5:32 pm

HA! I'm from wild, bear-infested Russia.We here like playing U7,
when we are not cleaning snow.

Forgive me my weird English,please.

evasi0n · Post by **evasi0n** » Mon May 19, 2003 7:40 am

madison, wisconsin... or bay area, california a while ago.

nosh · Post by **nosh** » Mon May 19, 2003 10:27 am

from paris france

Post by **artaxerxes** » Tue May 20, 2003 3:44 am

Nosh,
I'm looking for French speaking dudes to try our Serpent Isle in French patch.
If you could go to our site (http://sf.net/projects/si-french/), download the patch, install it and report the bug, that would be GREAT!

Merci de ton aide

Artaxerxes

Edgar · Post by **Edgar** » Wed May 21, 2003 5:31 am

Born, raised and living in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Natreg Dragon · Post by **Natreg Dragon** » Sat May 24, 2003 1:35 am

I´m spanish, I live in a town called Aspe

`daniel · Post by **`daniel** » Sat May 24, 2003 2:06 pm

I'm in Australia somewhere wondering around like an idiot

Kadesh · Post by **Kadesh** » Sun May 25, 2003 4:23 am

I can't believe that there aren't more English here...!

Annorax · Post by **Annorax** » Sun May 25, 2003 6:13 am

Well, I'm from Massachusetts in the US, seems like I'm one of the minorities...

Post by **Colourless** » Sun May 25, 2003 6:37 am

Daniel is from Newcastle. His hostname gave it away.

Joe Ust · Post by **Joe Ust** » Sat May 31, 2003 3:34 pm

Vancouver, BC, Canada

MagicMop · Post by **MagicMop** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 10:40 am

Guildford, Perth, Western Australia

finite · Post by **finite** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:21 am

Victoria, Australia

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 1:05 am

Kadesh, look further up the post,
I'm in Woking, England, Home of H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds" (Also a great album by Jeff Wayne!)

Chris Schumacher · Post by **Chris Schumacher** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:50 am

I'm from my mother.

dag · Post by **dag** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 4:30 pm

i'm from my mother and my father.

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 4:29 pm

In French:
Merci de ton aide

My guess on what it meant:
Thanks for your help

What it really was:
Thank you for your assistance

I was close enough. The main point I'm trying to make is if you have an extensive enough vocabulary in English, you should be able to read French relatively well, noticing so many words in English are derived from French. Along with that, many French words are just plain common, like merci.

Post by **artaxerxes** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:22 am

For once, Skutarth, not only you made sense but I entirely agree with you.
Knowing both language myself pretty well, I am _amazed_ on how similar they are. I know a bit of Polish and a tad of German, and honestly, French-English are much more similar than any other French-X combinaison I know.

Artaxerxes

Post by **drcode** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 7:06 am

Also OT:

What I noticed about French is that there's the proper language, and then the version that everybody speaks. Back in college, I was able to read an entire math book in French (one of the Bourbaki volumes) with very little trouble, because it was written in 'proper' French. But I also have a couple French 'Peanuts' comic books, and they're almost impossible to get through. Half the words don't appear in the dictionary!

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 5:10 pm

Thanks for not taking down that post, and actually reading it. I just noticed and pointed it out. I just wanted you to know that I could read parts of some of your posts...

Ram dragon · Post by **Ram dragon** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 3:03 am

Canadian living in Australia.

"Australians? Canadians? What the hell's the difference?"
- Southpark: Bigger, Longer, Uncut

Beni · Post by **Beni** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 7:22 am

Originally from Germany, also lived in the Netherlands for a while and now North West Alabama, USA

Post by **artaxerxes** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 7:48 am

I'm amazed at how many people move around countries so distant.
I wonder whether there is a connection with our being computer people, more open to unknown, having a desire to learn and discover.

Artaxerxes

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 8:26 am

Cheers to the nerds!

Hacki · Post by **Hacki** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 9:17 am

>>English are derived from French

Actually, that's not quite correct. French is derived from Latin, while English was just greatly influenced by Latin. That's why English grammar is still quite different to French one.

>>French-English are much more similar than any other French-X combinaison I know.

Italian and Spanish are generally more similar to French, because they all belong to the same language family that is directly derived from Latin

Then again, almost all European languages can be traced back to Indo-European anyway, including Latin, Greece, and ancient German. It's fascinating how different words have evolved over time. For instance, Indo-European "kuuon" became kyon in Greece (which lead to the modern English word cynical), canis in Latin, Hund in German, and hound in English.

Post by **Colourless** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 5:08 am

Adding to the above post English is actually said to be of Germanic descent.

Covenant · Post by **Covenant** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 5:16 am

English is classified like Germanic language.

Spanish, Italian, Portuguesse and French (among others) are Romance languages (Latin derived).

I'm not German speaker but I find very similarities between english and german (in vocabulary, not between the structure of the sentences). I fact I can barely understand (or guess) some simple things in german with my knowing of english.

MrPaul · Post by **MrPaul** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 8:18 am

(Was'nt there a topic much like this one on the board before??)

Southern-Ontario, Canada.

dag · Post by **dag** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 6:28 pm

speaking english and french (and norwegian) as foreign languages and
german as a native speaker, i think french is closer to german than english,
at least concerning grammar...

while french (like german) has 'millions of millions of difficult tenses' with
unregular verbes, english is quite easy to learn for a beginner. what makes
english so hard to understand is the vocabulary. while german or french
people have 2 different words for one and the same thing, the english have
10.

i recently started to read moby dick, but after only a few pages i realized
that i have to fail, understanding just maybe half of the keywords...

Hacki · Post by **Hacki** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 6:00 am

I found that my English considerably improved once I began to participate in international Internet chats, newsgroups, and message boards like this one.

When I now read my old English homework books from school (they are only two years old), I am amazed at how bad my grammar and style had been

>>what makes english so hard to understand is the vocabulary. while german or french people have 2 different words for one and the same thing, the english have 10.

I think you exaggerate a bit. I've never made that observation. Any example?

Dyst · Post by **Dyst** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 8:43 pm

I'm from Singapore.

In chinese it means "new add slope" which sounds nonsensical

but i interpret it 4 my own agenda.

toria · Post by **toria** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 11:02 pm

Alberta Canada here

XxVenomxX · Post by **XxVenomxX** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 6:52 am

Connecticut, USA. Lived in Sunderland, England for a year, now I'm in CT again

Wizardry Dragon · Post by **Wizardry Dragon** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 7:03 am

I live in Ottawa, On but my background/homeland is in Scotland

~ Wizardry Dragon

Soul · Post by **Soul** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 9:04 am

** Dr Code: You live in Portland? I'm going to college in Portland right now. I shuttle up every day from Aloha (Near Hillsburrito / Beaverton) to go to classes. Whereabouts do you live?

As I mentioned I currently live in Aloha, OR, but I have lived in just a tad over twenty cities in my lifetime, all over the U.S. pacific northwest. Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado.... I've never stayed in one place for very long.

EvilElk · Post by **EvilElk** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 6:40 am

Oxford, England-cestershire here - soo many Australians... you guys got nothin better to do than play U7 or sumthin?

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 6:37 pm

What is there BESIDES Ultima 7? You should be shot for that treason!

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:14 pm

Alberta Canada.

SteveLord · Post by **SteveLord** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 3:12 am

New Jersey, USA

Born in Germany in Bitburg or Bipburg...i dont remember. it was a military installation. went to Heineberg elementary school.

100% American soldier, HOOAH =)

dag · Post by **dag** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 1:24 pm

you should know where you are born...
maybe it's bitburg (google says there is no bipburg in germany), because
there's an american military airport and since 1985 a military base (closed
in 1994).
one of my famous beers comes from there: bitburger! (see thread 'voices'...)

Post by **drcode** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 2:00 pm

Soul: Sure, I know Hillsboro; used to live there. I also taught a course at Pacific University last January; that's a looong drive from Portland.

SteveLord · Post by **SteveLord** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 2:12 pm

i was born in 1984...in "west germany" =) i think i came to the states in 92.

Dupre the Fighter · Post by **Dupre the Fighter** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 2:19 pm

I hail for Britannia

Ok, Southern Ontario, Canada

suji · Post by **suji** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 1:44 pm

I am from Leeds in England.

I wondered are there any other women of my age (54) who love Ultima?
Ive never met on LOL

Torgus dragon · Post by **Torgus dragon** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:56 pm

Boston ma. Way to spam up an old thread

(edit by Dominus: removed the above spam message)

monotremata · Post by **monotremata** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:34 am

Yay for old dead threads!
Jeez I never realized how popular Ultima was outside of the US..

(Southern Californian here, born, bred and lived my whole 35 years)..

Korneluk · Post by **Korneluk** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:40 am

Currently Montreal, Canada... soon to be encased in ice.

El Guesto · Post by **El Guesto** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:33 pm

Gothenburg, Sweden