Just because I can sound like an ignorant American, allow me: English isn't your native language? Holy hell. You sure have a fabulous grasp of it.
I've known a number of 'forgieners' (from Orlando, FL, we get a lot of travelers) and usually even people who have been in country for years still have that linguistic twitch or two left over from their native tongue that makes them toss adjectives around or put verbs in 'strange' places. I know writing is different than speaking, of course, but still, had you not posted this I would never have suspected.
And I think it is interesting that part of your love of the language stems from the breadth of words in it. I do not speak any other languages, so not like I can compare, but I do LOVE the ability to say something such as "she walked into the room" in about 4,000 different ways. <3
So, congrats on the anniveraries! I admire your language skills. (I keep meaning to learn Spanish -- helpful in these parts -- but...)
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Date: 2008-02-18 05:14 am (UTC)English isn't your native language? Holy hell. You sure have a fabulous grasp of it.
I've known a number of 'forgieners' (from Orlando, FL, we get a lot of travelers) and usually even people who have been in country for years still have that linguistic twitch or two left over from their native tongue that makes them toss adjectives around or put verbs in 'strange' places. I know writing is different than speaking, of course, but still, had you not posted this I would never have suspected.
And I think it is interesting that part of your love of the language stems from the breadth of words in it. I do not speak any other languages, so not like I can compare, but I do LOVE the ability to say something such as "she walked into the room" in about 4,000 different ways. <3
So, congrats on the anniveraries! I admire your language skills. (I keep meaning to learn Spanish -- helpful in these parts -- but...)