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Mar-31-14
 | | Domdaniel: <waustad> I understand, believe me. I've also turned into a hopeless slob - yet I wasn't always like this. I used to cook quite well, too - but these days the lure of the microwave and the takeaway tends to win out. All the climates are changing anyway. We've had a succession of cold, wet winters and mostly poor summers. Or maybe complaining is an essential element of the 50/60-something condition? |
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| Apr-01-14 | | waustad: Now Kasparov is in Ireland. That adds to the likelyhood of some really foolish press commentary. Not because it's Ireland, but because most journalists haven't a clue about chess. Have you seen anything really funny? |
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Apr-03-14
| | Domdaniel: <waustad> Kasparov's Ireland visit - to Dublin - coincided with the Cork Masters tournament, near to where I live. So I didn't pay much attention to Gazza, apart from watching his TV interview -- in which nothing of any great interest took place. Though I heard that he had cancelled an earlier event with chess-playing schoolkids because he wanted to conserve his energy for the TV show. This, as you might imagine, did not go down well. |
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Apr-04-14
| | Domdaniel: I've been looking at <Frogspawn> past again ... <I have noticed (I had an e-mail from a young fan with a doctorate in astrology (and golf course design!!)) that the SKY is BLUE (with clouds) ... I was NOT aware of this ... when I was a young COP the sky was NOT blue, it had NO COLOR ... Color was brung into this by LIBERAL pants-wetters who'd be happy to see AMERICAN SKIES TURN YELLOW!!!> ... is this "humor", or what? |
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Apr-10-14
| | Domdaniel: <... is this "humor", or what?>
It's what.
Or, to quote a certain lifemaster, "whatever". |
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| Apr-11-14 | | Alien Math: A finding of Author: William Gibson
with list of Fiction Series, Novels, Collections, Nonfiction, Shortfiction, Poems, Essays, Reviews, Interviews http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi...site include other books/writings to find |
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Apr-13-14
| | Domdaniel: Some additional annotations: ('smile', 'neutral' and 'sad' are smileys) ... <smile> (I should resign here, but I'm playing on to annoy you) <neutral> (I admire you for keeping a straight face when I play you) <sad> (I thought this won when I played it, but I've now seen your reply) |
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| Apr-16-14 | | Alien Math: <Domdaniel> With some embarrass, express lack of English language usage as several here might note, Mine self type thoughts express an agreement, how to provide that towards English? her are, her or, her and, both appear as possible Google Translates, yet your findings of her recommends as inaccurate, Here only one of few times attempt to English translated for communicate, as her rely on sisters comments for most responds or Google Translate, should the category of with myself thoughts be inflated to i thinks? sorry to intrude |
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| Apr-16-14 | | Alien Math: alternate incident, finding William Gibson author is a bonus any when, One of i favorites for authors |
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Apr-16-14
| | Domdaniel: <Alien Math> Yes, my old friend William Gibson is a brilliant writer. About ten years ago, we used to look very similar, so he called me "that handsome man". But now I think we've diverged. As for English usage, if you want to give your own opinion, it is generally better to say "I", as in "I think...". Saying "her" instead is awkward. |
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Apr-17-14
 | | Annie K.: <But now I think we've diverged.> Yeah, Gibson doesn't look so good anymore. :( |
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Apr-17-14
| | Domdaniel: <Annie> Yes, William seems to have lost some hair, and I haven't. But of course he's about ten years older than me. |
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Apr-18-14
| | Domdaniel: Twenty-plus years ago, the first time I met Gibson, was a hoot. We looked alike - skinny guys with floppy hair and glasses - and we were dressed alike - black leather jackets, dark clothes. The publisher's PR person had trouble keeping a straight face.
WG and I were both amused, though I was also embarrassed in case he thought it was a deliberate act of impersonation. But we then spent some time discussing whether the similarity was due to genes (his putative Irish ancestors) or memes (my adherence to certain cultural norms).
The fact that I'd been trying to write fiction not unlike his was a further source of confusion. |
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| Apr-28-14 | | Alien Math: Find many songs with both language at YouTube, search with [HD Kara+Vietsub] here appear with Right Here Waiting For You || Richard Marx - Lyrics [HD Kara+Vietsub] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyRn... |
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Apr-28-14
| | Annie K.: <The genes vs memes aka nature vs nurture discussion> Some of both, as in most everything, would be my take. :) |
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Apr-29-14
| | Domdaniel: <Annie> Yes, mine too. |
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May-02-14
| | Domdaniel: <Alien Math> -- Your English is improving all the time ... please continue to post.
I will try to help with language tips, if you don't mind.
I appreciate your interest in Gibson. |
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| May-03-14 | | Alien Math: <Domdaniel> Thank you, think have the <he her she I him> understood, Before attempt learning English, the fast select all page, copy next paste into translator and counts the sentence number to find what need to copy paste for computer warnings, have some learning about English, mind appear with many not found words when try type here, found a good book <Blue Bloods> by Melissa De La Cruz, in English Still favor Gibson Burning Chrome also Neuromanser, might try find English version next |
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May-06-14
| | Domdaniel: <Alien Math> If you understand the use of pronouns - <he her she I him (etc)> - then you should use them.
For example, instead of writing "think have the <he her she I him> understood", it is better to say something like "I think I understand the use of English pronouns now", or "I think I have understood the use of <he her she I him>". The point is simple. If *you* are the person who understands (the same applies to other actions) then say so. Avoid indirect constructions such as "think have ... understood" -- it is much better to say "I think that ... I have understood...". The same principle applies to such phrases of yours as "when try type here" and "still favour Gibson".
Better, always, to use a first-person pronoun ("I") in such cases: "I still favour Gibson..." and so on. I hope you don't mind me pointing these things out. As I said before, your use (and comprehension) of English is definitely improving -- but the use of active pronouns seems to be a difficult area. As <Annie> said, this could be the influence of Vietnamese usage. |
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May-06-14
| | Domdaniel: BTW, I have never taught English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), though I *have* taught English Language & Literature at University level, and I have discussed English language teaching with friends who were actively involved. Of course, TEFL *also* stands for "Teaching Ewok as a Foreign Language"... |
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May-06-14
| | Domdaniel: I wrote this to <Alien Math>: < Better, always, to use a first-person pronoun ("I") in such cases: "I still favour Gibson..." and so on.> I should have taken my own advice and written something like this: "I think it is always better to use a first-person pronoun..." |
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May-06-14
| | Domdaniel: ... which just demonstrates how difficult this area is, even for native speakers... |
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May-06-14
 | | Open Defence: Eye is talking to himself again.... |
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May-06-14
| | Annie K.: <Deffi> never trust anyone who doesn't... ;) |
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| May-06-14 | | Mating Net: <Domdaniel> I've been meaning to mention this for a while now, every time I see your Avatar I hear Robert Deniro's voice from "Meet the Parents" ... "I'll be watching you!" |
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