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Post by admin on May 17, 2009 13:18:51 GMT -5
^ No problem, it's a rule most don't know about and others soon forget. EAN has received some negative attention in the past from Proboards over this issue, so I'm trying to keep in line.
I'll be making this post here and there every two months or so, I'm sure, if history repeats itself (which, on forums, it always does...)
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Post by Subuatai on May 17, 2009 13:19:39 GMT -5
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Post by milkman's baby on May 17, 2009 13:23:26 GMT -5
Nyet, I'm majoring in Russian language and lit. I just finished my second year, and I'm still a little rusty. I'm planning out my study abroad options for next year, and I'm considering schools in Siberia and Kazakhstan. I'm excited.
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Post by Subuatai on May 17, 2009 13:28:23 GMT -5
Heh it's hard for me as well, as I was born and raised here in Australia. When I communicate with my cousins or my grandmother, I have to spend a few weeks revising it through listening to their speech before I can speak it again. After you learn any language, you'll find it's difficult to lose it, though you have to be surrounded by people who speak it If you live in Siberia or Kazakhstan, you'll be speaking it like it's your mother language... until you return to your home country.
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Post by milkman's baby on May 17, 2009 13:31:12 GMT -5
Yeah, being immersed makes a world of difference. I figure Bishkek will especially be a great place to study, since the people probably look like me. Wouldn't have to worry about sticking out like a sore thumb.
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Post by Subuatai on May 17, 2009 13:38:40 GMT -5
You'll fit in nicely And it might even give you an edge in your studies. You might end up talking like a true native!!!
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Post by volume on May 17, 2009 14:21:45 GMT -5
Personally, I would find it hard to say
"I love you, Gretchen"
This is as shallow as I get.
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Post by ahliang on May 19, 2009 5:15:21 GMT -5
^ I love you, Gretchen, that made me laugh! but....is this thread serious? i just read the first and last pages but how could you discriminate on a name? if anything, i would think that if someone you love has a peculiar name it would make it all the more special and rather than find the name awkward you d like it even more because only that person you love would have it and it would remind you of that person alone! my name doesn t suit my physical appearance and i remember a bunch of guys in high school giggling at the sound of my name and truthfully, i was disgusted...how can you think of not dating someone because of their name? i have a hard time grasping what the OP s getting at....
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Post by Paddy on May 19, 2009 11:52:25 GMT -5
I don't think u to know my preferences that good, only because I dont like metrosexual style (men with tons of hairgel etc.........) - something wrong about it ? I don*t know where u put your limit, but speaking of feminine female: u should come to the place I'm living, how many women run around, it is horrifying awful, u hardly can see the difference between female and men. u will never see that in Japan, for instance, and I can*t think to see this is another Asian countries aswell. Yup, have always wondered about gents with carefully cultivated messy hair molded to perfection with tubs of hair gel. Elvis is the only one who ever needed hair gel. And chaps in pink polo shirts. You've gotta take it on the chin if you like pink. Androgeny is alive and kicking in the south of China.
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Post by i move the stars for no one on May 19, 2009 16:24:36 GMT -5
You've gotta take it on the chin if you like pink. somehow that's not the first place most people think a fellow takes it if he wears pink.
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Post by TeeHee on May 19, 2009 22:11:42 GMT -5
if you look at their character and are drawn to it (and I'm not even necessarily talking about a gf/bf now, but anyone like a friend, colleague etc), then their name can appear more attractive if it otherwise wouldn't on first glance, simply because they as an overall person become more attractive once you approve of their character. Or vice versa. For example, the name Karina in of itself is a pretty one. But everytime I hear it, I think "thankless air-headed broad who gets attention/recognition she doesn't deserve". It's not a common name, yet all the Karina's I've met/know of fit that description to a tee. If I meet yet again another Karina who fits that description, I swear I'll implode. Needless to say, I'm not too fond of that name as a result of my personal associations with it. That said, I don't rule out the possibility of my sentiments changing if I were to meet one who wasn't like that. That hasn't yet happened though. But I wouldn't judge someone solely on their name.
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Post by Ajeno on May 20, 2009 3:49:07 GMT -5
Yeah i would....
I use to date a girl named Chastity. Its not exactly an "ugly" name but i use to give her alot of crap over it lol.
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Post by Paddy on May 20, 2009 6:04:37 GMT -5
Yeah i would.... I use to date a girl named Chastity. Its not exactly an "ugly" name but i use to give her alot of crap over it lol. I take it you didn't get very far with her...
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Post by milkman's baby on May 20, 2009 19:21:02 GMT -5
Yeah i would.... I use to date a girl named Chastity. Its not exactly an "ugly" name but i use to give her alot of crap over it lol. I take it you didn't get very far with her... This made my day. ;D
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Post by milkman's baby on May 20, 2009 19:58:00 GMT -5
^ I love you, Gretchen, that made me laugh! but....is this thread serious? i just read the first and last pages but how could you discriminate on a name? if anything, i would think that if someone you love has a peculiar name it would make it all the more special and rather than find the name awkward you d like it even more because only that person you love would have it and it would remind you of that person alone! my name doesn t suit my physical appearance and i remember a bunch of guys in high school giggling at the sound of my name and truthfully, i was disgusted...how can you think of not dating someone because of their name? i have a hard time grasping what the OP s getting at.... I mean, what more explaining do you need? I thought the question was plain and simple: would you date someone with an ugly name? I was just wondering if a funny sounding name would turn you off. There are people who do care about those things.
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