Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
37,882
Btw your English is shockingly good, are you really Danish? Or just one of those smart people?
If you're not trolling me; thank you very much :D . I'm actually Serbian, so English is my third language. But I guess there is an upside to all the female company I didn't have from the age of 14-17 because I was busy raiding in WoW :D
 

Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
If you're not trolling me; thank you very much :D . I'm actually Serbian, so English is my third language. But I guess there is an upside to all the female company I didn't have from the age of 14-17 because I was busy raiding in WoW :D
So you're 17? Bright kid then.

I mean it though, I sat it on a presentation about pension schemes today at work, hour and a half of Dutch to concentrate on, my head was spinning. The guy also "spoke English" but that is an extremely relative term. Way too many people don't actually speak it in the sense that they can communicate accurately, they just throw a few correct words into a sentence and it's close enough. Much like my horrendous Dutch.
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
37,882
So you're 17? Bright kid then.

I mean it though, I sat it on a presentation about pension schemes today at work, hour and a half of Dutch to concentrate on, my head was spinning. The guy also "spoke English" but that is an extremely relative term. Way too many people don't actually speak it in the sense that they can communicate accurately, they just throw a few correct words into a sentence and it's close enough. Much like my horrendous Dutch.
I'm 20 now. And thank you very much, I am working on improving it all the time since the majority of the History books we need for Uni are in academic English - so it's actually pretty sweet to be challenged in that way. I guess you speak Dutch the same way as I speak German then :D

I'm seriously thinking of taking some Italian lessons soon, just need some closure on the entire apartment situation.
 

Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
I'm 20 now. And thank you very much, I am working on improving it all the time since the majority of the History books we need for Uni are in academic English - so it's actually pretty sweet to be challenged in that way. I guess you speak Dutch the same way as I speak German then :D
History students, those people have a way of sounding very smart. Are you studying history so that it won't repeat itself anymore?

I'm seriously thinking of taking some Italian lessons soon, just need some closure on the entire apartment situation.
I can recommend a course.. (see signature)
 

Enron

Tickle Me
Moderator
Oct 11, 2005
75,716
Gotta start somewhere, congrats! Going well then?
No, I'd rather have a job with a salary doing the same work. That way I can pay my bills and move out.

But in the mean time, working on a few projects gives me some income and something to share with employers other than "hey I'd really, really want to work for you". :D
 

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